Review: Carbonate aquifers and future perspectives of karst hydrogeology in India;Revue: Les aquifères carbonates et les perspectives d’avenir pour l’hydrogéologie karstique en Inde;Análise: Aquíferos carbonatados e perspetivas futuras da hidrogeologia cársica na Índia;Revisión: Acuíferos carbonáticos y perspectivas futuras de la hidrogeología kárstica en India

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1493-1506

  Dar, Farooq Ahmad ^a,c   Perrin, Jerome ^b   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Narayana, Allu China ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; India; Karst; Literature survey; Review; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919478035     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-014-1151-z     Document Type: Review

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