A modified SINTACS method for groundwater vulnerability and pollution risk assessment in highly anthropized regions based on NO3 − and SO4 2 − concentrations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 609, Issue , 2017, Pages 1512-1523

  Busico, Gianluigi ^a   Kazakis, Nerantzis ^b   Colombani, Nicolò ^c   Mastrocicco, Micòl ^a   Voudouris, Konstantinos ^b   Tedesco, Dario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropized territory; Classification methods; Groundwater quality; Porous aquifer; Specific vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUIFERS; AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND USE; MAPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPIZED TERRITORY; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; POROUS AQUIFERS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; POROUS MEDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFATE; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SINTACS METHOD; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85026815681     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.257     Document Type: Article

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