Aquifer system response to intensive pumping in urban areas of the Gangetic plains, India: The case study of Patna

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1721-1735

  Saha, Dipankar ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a   Singh, Raj K ^b  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Gangetic plains; Groundwater resource; Hydrogeology; Urban water supply; Water level decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895075536     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2577-7     Document Type: Article

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