Evaluation of groundwater resource and estimation of its potential in Pathri Rao watershed, district Haridwar (Uttarakhand)

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-170

  Singhal, D C ^a   Israil, M ^a   Sharma, V K ^a   Kumar, B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer delineation; Groundwater assessment; Isotope studies; Watershed resistivity imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953501434     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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