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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment Methods: The Non-Independence of Parameters Problem

  AUTHORS: Daniela Ducci

  KEYWORDS: Aquifer Pollution Vulnerability, GIS, Sensitivity Analysis, Southern Italy

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.2 No.4, May 4, 2010

  ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the relationship between the two parameters, aquifer media and hydraulic conductiv-ity, and assesses their reliability for aquifer vulnerability assessment. To evaluate the possible non-inde-pendence of the parameters in question, sensitivity analysis procedure was used in a GIS environment. The procedure was tested in three areas where aquifer vulnerability was assessed, corresponding to three different hydrogeological settings. The applications demonstrate that non-independence is confirmed and is more evident in alluvial and volcano-pyroclastic aquifers.