Hydrogeologic assessment of escalating groundwater exploitation in the Indus Basin, Pakistan

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1635-1654

  Khan, S ^a,b,c   Rana, T ^a,b,c   Gabriel, H F ^a,b,d   Ullah, Muhammad K ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conjunctive water use; Groundwater surface water relations; Numerical modelling; Pakistan; Salinization

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; RECHNA DOAB; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57049087608     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0336-8     Document Type: Article

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