Localization of Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment Using Catastrophe Theory

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 4585-4601

  Sadeghfam, Sina ^a   Hassanzadeh, Yousef ^a   Nadiri, Ata Allah ^a   Zarghami, Mahdi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe theory; DRASTIC method; Groundwater vulnerability; Nitrate N

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; SYSTEM THEORY;

CATASTROPHE THEORY; DRASTIC METHODS; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; NITRATE-N;

DISASTER PREVENTION;

AQUIFER; CATASTROPHE THEORY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

BONAB; EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; MARAGHEH;

EID: 84978924164     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1440-5     Document Type: Article

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