Water balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint

Nature

Volumn 488, Issue 7410, 2012, Pages 197-200

  Gleeson, Tom ^a   Wada, Yoshihide ^b   Bierkens, Marc F P ^b,c   Van Beek, Ludovicus P H ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; FISHERY; FLUID BALANCE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ASIA; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORTH AMERICA; RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84864666336     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11295     Document Type: Article

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