Remote sensing and GIS approach for water-well site selection, southwest Iran

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-326

  Rangzan, Kazem ^a   Charchi, Abass ^a   Abshirini, Ehsan ^a   Dinger, James ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; GIS; Groundwater supply; Iran; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

ARTESIAN WELL; FIELD METHOD; GIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 57649130610     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.14.4.315     Document Type: Article

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