Vulnerability assessment of urban groundwater resources to nitrate: the case study of Mashhad, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Asadi, Parisa ^a   Ataie Ashtiani, Behzad ^a   Beheshti, Aliasghar ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

DRASTIC; Geographic information systems (GIS); Nitrate contamination; Vulnerability mapping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND USE; NITRATES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRASTIC; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NONPARAMETRIC CORRELATIONS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY MAPPINGS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; RECHARGE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

IRAN; MASHHAD; RAZAVI KHORASAN;

EID: 85007559684     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-6357-z     Document Type: Article

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