An Integrated GIS Based Statistical Model to Compute Groundwater Vulnerability Index for Decision Maker in Agricultural Area

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 777-788

  Neshat, Aminreza ^a   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^a   Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

GIS; Hydrogeology; Kerman plain; Modified DRASTIC; Remote sensing; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939871984     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-014-0376-6     Document Type: Article

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