An Analysis of Land Subsidence in Bangkok and Kolkata Due to Over- Extraction of Groundwater

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 18 I, Issue , 2013, Pages 1683-1694

  Bhattacharya, Amartya Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS; BANGKOK; LAND SUBSIDENCE; SOIL PROFILES;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOILS; SUBSIDENCE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSIDENCE;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; INDIA; KOLKATA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84882958260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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