Projected groundwater balance as a state indicator for addressing sustainability and management challenges of overexploited crystalline aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 1405-1419

  Sarah, S ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Boisson, A ^b   Violette, S ^c   de Marsily, G ^d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Indo French Centre for Groundwater Research   (India)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Block kriging; Groundwater balance; Managements challenges; Semi arid crystalline aquifers; Sustainability indicators; Water level prediction

Indexed keywords

BLOCK KRIGING; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; SEMI ARID; STATE INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

AQUIFER; CRYSTALLINITY; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PREDICTION; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84907969463     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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