Aquifer vulnerability and potential risk assessment: application to an intensely cultivated and densely populated area in Southern Italy

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Busico, Gianluigi ^a   Cuoco, Emilio ^a   Sirna, Maurizio ^a   Mastrocicco, Micòl ^a   Tedesco, Dario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater; Intrinsic vulnerability; Land use; Nitrogen losses; Water losses

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOITATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAP; NITRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CASERTA; ITALY;

EID: 85019393542     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-017-2996-y     Document Type: Article

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