Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia;Typologies hydrogéologiques de l’aquifère alluvial du bassin de l’Indus et du Gange, Asie du Sud;Tipologias hidrogeológicas do aquífero aluvial da bacia Indo-Gangética, Sul da Ásia;Tipologías hidrogeológicas del acuífero aluvial de la cuenca Indo-Gangética, Asia Meridional

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1377-1406

  Bonsor, H C ^a   MacDonald, A M ^a   Ahmed, K M ^b   Burgess, W G ^c   Basharat, M ^d   Calow, R C ^e   Dixit, A ^f   Foster, S S D ^g   Gopal, K ^h   Lapworth, D J ⁱ   Moench, M ^j   Mukherjee, A ^k   Rao, M S ^h   Shamsudduha, M ^c   Smith, L ^l   Taylor, R G ^c   Tucker, J ^e   van Steenbergen, F ^m   Yadav, S K ^f   Zahid, A ⁿ  

^a THE LYELL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Water And Power Development Authority Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^e OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f Manasi Marga   (Nepal)

^g Global Water Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

ⁱ BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^j Institute for Social and Environmental Transition   (United States)

^k INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^l Filters for Families   (United States)

^m MetaMeta Research   (Netherlands)

ⁿ Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

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Author keywords

Aquifer properties; Groundwater quality; Groundwater resource; Indo Gangetic basin aquifer; Recharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; WATER QUALITY;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

SIA;

EID: 85013643662     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-017-1550-z     Document Type: Article

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