Vulnerability mapping of groundwater aquifer using SINTACS in Wadi Al-Waleh Catchment, Jordan

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Al Shatnawi, Atallah M ^a   El Bashir, Mohammad Said ^a   Khalaf, Refaat M Bani ^b   Gazzaz, Nabeel M ^c  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Water Authority of Jordan   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Imaging map; Pollution; SINTACS model; Wadi Al Waleh Catchment; Wadi Mujib

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL;

JORDAN;

EID: 84950314382     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-015-2080-4     Document Type: Article

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