Long-term (1930-2010) trends in groundwater levels in Texas: Influences of soils, landcover and water use

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 379-390

  Chaudhuri, Sriroop ^a   Ale, Srinivasulu ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Irrigation; Moran's I; Municipal; Soil hydrologic group

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; MUNICIPAL; SOIL HYDROLOGIC GROUPS; TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); SOIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; SOIL; TEXAS; URBANIZATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901340929     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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