Application of remote sensing and GIS for the demarcation of groundwater potential zones of a river basin in Kerala, southwest coast of India

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5583-5601

  Kumar, P K Dinesh ^a   Gopinath, G ^b   Seralathan, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL ZONES; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL RAINFALL;

GROUNDWATER;

CHARNOCKITE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GNEISS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37749039051     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601086050     Document Type: Article

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