Editor's message: The sunk cost fallacy of deep drilling

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-289

  Maréchal, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Crystalline rocks; Fractured rocks; Groundwater exploration; India; Socio economic aspects

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEEP DRILLING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER TABLE;

INDIA;

EID: 77952887960     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0515-2     Document Type: Article

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