Portrayal of fuzzy recharge areas for water balance modelling - A case study in northern Oman

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Gerner, A ^a   Schutze N ^a   Schmitz, G H ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RECHARGE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BATINAH; OMAN;

EID: 84863328220     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-31-1-2012     Document Type: Article

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