Groundwater prospecting and management in an agro-based rural environment of crystalline terrain of India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-431

  Subba Rao, N ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Crystalline terrain; Groundwater management; India; Rural environment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MAPS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TOTAL TRANSVERSE RESISTANCE (TTR);

GROUNDWATER;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEVELOPING WORLD; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; GUNTUR; INDIA;

EID: 0037501642     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0659-z     Document Type: Article

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