Delineation of groundwater potential zones in Theni district, Tamil Nadu, using remote sensing, GIS and MIF techniques

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-196

  Magesh, N S ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^a   Soundranayagam, John Prince ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Groundwater potential zones; India; MIF technique; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RASTER; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; THENI;

EID: 84857626684     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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