Feasible design and operational guidelines for skimming wells in the Indus basin, Pakistan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-188

  Saeed, M M ^a   Ashraf, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Pakistan Cncl Res in Water Rsrc   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fresh saline aquifer; Groundwater modelling; Hydrosalinity; MODFLOW; MT3D; Pumping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER; INDUS BASIN, PAKISTAN; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL (PRA); SKIMMING WELLS;

WATER WELLS;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SALINITY; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17444426753     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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