Geophysical and geomorphological approach for locating groundwater potential zones in Sukinda chromite mining area

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2311-2325

  Dhakate, Ratnakar ^a   Chowdhary, D K ^a   Gurunadha Rao, V V S ^a   Tiwary, R K ^b   Sinha, Amlendu ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Groundwater; Lineaments and vertical electrical sounding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUIFERS; CHROMITE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DETERIORATION; ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOCATION; REMOTE SENSING;

AQUIFER THICKNESS; DEGREE OF WEATHERINGS; GEOMORPHOLOGIC FEATURES; GEOMORPHOLOGIC UNITS; GROUNDWATER POTENTIALS; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHROMITE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MINING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHALLOW WATER; WATER LEVEL; WEATHERING PROFILE;

INDIA; ORISSA; SUKINDA;

EID: 84864426000     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1454-5     Document Type: Article

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