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Modelling of ground water recharge-potential in the hard-rock Aravalli terrain, India: a GIS approach

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Modelling of ground water recharge-potential in hard-rock areas principally aims at water-resource evaluation. Various techniques are available to assess recharge-potential, and their capability in estimating recharge is also variable. However, the water level fluctuation method is found capable in computing actual ground water recharge. Demarcation of ground water recharge-potential zones in arid and semi-arid regions is of great importance for human survival and sustainable development. Remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) techniques have been widely used by numerous researchers for qualitative assessment of ground water potential of a basin or terrain. In the present study, a GIS-based water table fluctuation method has been attempted for quantitative modelling of ground water recharge of the hard-rock Aravalli terrain. This GIS-based model is further used to evaluate recharge-potential of the terrain by integrated assessment of infiltration capacity, normal rainfall, and its cumulative frequency.

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Acknowledgments

The authors take this opportunity to express their sincere thanks to Dr. S. M. Pandey, ex-chief geophysicist of Ground Water Department, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, for his generous help during collection of hydrological and meteorological data. A part of this work was carried out by the first author at FSU Jena, Germany through the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship. We are grateful to the anonymous Reviewer for his comments/suggestions. The authors are grateful to Dr. Menas Kafatos for his editorial corrections and suggestions.

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    C. Bhuiyan

  2. Department of Physics, Computational Science and Engineering, Chapman University, Hashinger, One University Drive, Orange, CA, 92866, USA

    Ramesh P. Singh

  3. Friedrich Schiller University, 07743, Jena, Germany

    C. Bhuiyan & W. A. Flügel

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Bhuiyan, C., Singh, R.P. & Flügel, W.A. Modelling of ground water recharge-potential in the hard-rock Aravalli terrain, India: a GIS approach. Environ Earth Sci 59, 929–938 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0087-4

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