Application of GIS techniques to determine areas most suitable for artificial groundwater recharge in a coastal aquifer in southern Iran

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 364-374

  Ghayoumian, J ^a   Mohseni Saravi, M ^b   Feiznia, S ^b   Nouri, B ^b   Malekian, A ^b  

^a SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial recharge; Fuzzy logic; Gavbandi Basin; Geomorphology; GIS; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33947722665     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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