Assessment of aquifer vulnerability to contamination in khanyounis governorate, gaza strip–palestine, using the drastic model within gis environment

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-847

  Al Hallaq, Akram Hassan ^a   Abu Elaish, Basheer Sofyan ^b  

^a Department of Geography   (Palestine)

^b Environment Quality Authority   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Contamination; Drastic model; Gis; Groundwater vulnerability; Khanyounis governorate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027925301     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0284-9     Document Type: Article

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