Groundwater recharge in natural dune systems and agricultural ecosystems in the Thar Desert region, Rajasthan, India;Recharge d'un aquifère dans des systèmes naturels dunaires et des ecosystems agricoles dans la region désertique du Thar, au Rajasthan en Inde

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 959-972

  Scanlon, Bridget R ^a   Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a,b   Gates, John ^a   Reedy, Robert C ^a   Sinha, Amarendra K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge water budget; India; Land use; Nutrients; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DUNE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE;

INDIA; JAIPUR; RAJASTHAN; THAR DESERT;

EID: 77952873936     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0555-7     Document Type: Article

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