Modeling groundwater probability index in Ponnaiyar River basin of South India using analytic hierarchy process

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Jothibasu, A ^a   Anbazhagan, S ^a  

^a PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; GIS; Groundwater probability index; India; Ponnaiyar river basin

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELING; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING;

INDIA; PONNAIYAR BASIN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 85024836934     PISSN: 23636203     EISSN: 23636211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40808-016-0174-y     Document Type: Article

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