Risk assessment of groundwater pollution with a new methodological framework: application of Dempster–Shafer theory and GIS

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1565-1585

  Neshat, Aminreza ^a   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; GIS; Hydrogeological parameters; Nitrate; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOITATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NITRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN];

EID: 84938988299     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1788-5     Document Type: Article

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