Palaeochannel detection and aquifer performance assessment in Mendha River catchment, Western India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 216-225

  Rathore, V S ^a   Nathawat, M S ^a   Champatiray, P K ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Digital image processing; Neotectonics; Palaeochannel

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PATTERN; LANDSAT; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; MULTI-TEMPORAL; NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOCHANNEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING TEST DATA; PUMPING TESTS; RAJASTHAN; RIVER CATCHMENT; SATELLITE DATA; STUDY AREAS;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PUMPS; SATELLITES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DESERT; DIGITAL IMAGE; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IRS (SATELLITE); LAND USE; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCHANNEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; TERRAIN;

INDIA; MENDHA RIVER; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 78649516678     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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