This volume presents contemporary issues surrounding groundwater pollution risk assessment and the application of vulnerability and risk assessment maps for the effective protection and management of aquifers. It describes numerous new and improved approaches to intrinsic and specific vulnerability
Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping: IAH-Selected Papers, volume 11
โ Scribed by Andrzej J. Witkowski (Editor); Andrzej Kowalczyk (Editor); Jaroslav Vrba (Editor)
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 2007
- Leaves
- 280
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This volume presents the contemporary issues surrounding groundwater pollution risk assessment and the application of vulnerability and risk assessment maps for the effective protection and management of aquifers. Numerous new and improved approaches to intrinsic and specific vulnerability assessment (modified DRASTIC, GOD, VULK, VURAAS) are descri
โฆ Subjects
Earth Sciences;Earth Sciences
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