Integration of hydrological factors and demarcation of groundwater prospect zones: Insights from remote sensing and GIS techniques

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1319-1338

  Deepika, B ^a   Avinash, Kumar ^b   Jayappa, K S ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chi square test; Groundwater prospects; Hydrologic parameters; Morphometric analyses; Remote sensing and GIS; Thematic maps

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE TESTS; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; THEMATIC MAPS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

GROUNDWATER;

DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMID TROPICS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRS (SATELLITE); LINEAMENT; MORPHOMETRY; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; THEMATIC MAPPING;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84884141680     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2218-1     Document Type: Article

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