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Specific vulnerability assessment using the MLPI model in Datong city, Shanxi province, China

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This study outlines an improved method, MLPI (modified leaching potential index) model, for delineating and mapping groundwater vulnerability and assessing groundwater vulnerability to contaminants, including degradable contaminants, radioactive elements and nondegradable pollutants. The primary objective is to produce specific sensitivity maps at city or county scale that can be used for recognition of aquifer sensitivity and for protection of groundwater quality. Groundwater vulnerability assessment using the MLPI method is applied to Datong city, Shanxi Province, with the following conclusions: (1) specific vulnerability was differentiated and ; (2) groundwater vulnerability is of temporal variation.

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The research work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC-49832005) and the Teaching and Research Award Program for Outstanding Young Teachers in Higher Education Institutions of Ministry of Education, China.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084 , Beijing, China

    Huaming Guo

  2. Department of Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 430074 , Wuhan, China

    Yanxin Wang

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Guo, H., Wang, Y. Specific vulnerability assessment using the MLPI model in Datong city, Shanxi province, China. Env Geol 45, 401–407 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-003-0889-8

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