Assessment of aquifer vulnerability in parts of Indo Gangetic plain, India

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1711-1720

  Khan, Mohammad Muqtada Ali ^a   Umar, Rashid ^b   Lateh, Habibah ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Assessment; India; Indo gangetic plain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649239112     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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