Aquifer visualization for sustainable water management

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-274

  Nury, Sultana Nasrin ^a   Zhu, Xuan ^b   Cartwright, Ian ^b   Ailleres, Laurent ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Geographic information systems; Geology; Modelling; Resource management; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449146238     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831011025580     Document Type: Article

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