Assessment of groundwater potential zones in an arid region based on catastrophe theory

Earth Science Informatics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 539-549

  Ahmed, Kamal ^a   Shahid, Shamsuddin ^a   bin Harun, Sobri ^a   Ismail, Tarmizi ^a   Nawaz, Nadeem ^a   Shamsudin, Supiah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UTM RAZAK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arid region; Catastrophe theory; Geographical information system; Groundwater potential zones

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CATASTROPHE THEORY; DECISION MAKING; GIS; THEMATIC MAPPING; WELL WATER;

BALUCHISTAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84940958795     PISSN: 18650473     EISSN: 18650481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-014-0173-3     Document Type: Article

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