Evaluation of long-term groundwater level data in regular monitoring wells, Barka, Sultanate of Oman

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3367-3379

  Rajmohan, Natarajan ^a   Al Futaisi, Ahmed ^a   Jamrah, Ahmad ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Barka; Fluctuation; Groundwater level; Long term variation; Oman; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LINEAR REGRESSION; MONITORING; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER LEVELS; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER LEVEL; LONG-TERM VARIATION; REGIONAL VARIATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFERS; DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LINEAR REGRESSION; MONITORING; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER WELLS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 37249010138     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6543     Document Type: Article

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