Exploration for groundwater in the basaltic Deccan traps terrain in Katol Taluk, Nagpur District, India

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1198-1204

  Rai, S N ^a   Thiagarajan, S ^a   Kumari, Y Ratna ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Deep aquifers; Exploration; Groundwater; Vertical electrical sounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856426930     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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