Estimation of shallow aquifer parameters of large-diameter wells in basalts

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 949-958

  Naik, Pradeep K ^a   Awasthi, Arun K ^b  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer parameters; Deccan terrain; Koyna River basin; Large diameter wells; Maharashtra; Storativity; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; TERRAIN; WATER STORAGE;

ASIA; DECCAN; EURASIA; INDIA; KOYNA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548052660     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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