Preface ......................................................... v
An Introduction to UNESCO's International Hydrological
Programme
Abdin Salih ................................................ vii
About the Editors .............................................. xi
1. Hydrogeological Research in India in Managing Water
Resources
K.D. Sharma and Sudhir Kumar ............................. 1
2. Nature of Hard Rock Aquifers: Hydrogeological Uncertainties
and Ambiguities
B.B.S. Singhal .......................................... 20
3. Overview of the Hydrogeology of Hard Rock Aquifers:
Applications for their Survey, Management, Modelling
and Protection
P. Lachassagne .......................................... 40
4. Geophysical Characterization of Hard Rock Aquifers
N.S. Krishnamurthy, Subash Chandra
and Dewashish Kumar ..................................... 64
5. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Groundwater
Exploration
S.K Nag ................................................. 87
6. Pumping Tests: Planning, Preparation and Execution
K. Subrahmanyam and Haris H. Khan ....................... 93
7. Various Pumping Tests and Methods for Evaluation of
Hydraulic Properties in Fractured Hard Rock Aquifers
J.C. Maréchal, B. Dewandel, К Subrahmanyam
and R. Torri ........................................... 100
8. Analyses of Aquifer Parameters from Different Hydraulic
Tests and Their Scale Effect
J.C. Maréchal, Faisal K. Zaidi
and B. Dewandel ........................................ 112
9. Upscaling of Slug Test Hydraulic Conductivity Using
Discrete Fracture Network Modelling in Granitic Aquifers
Dominique Bruel, Faisal K. Zaidi and C. Engerrand ...... 120
10. Groundwater Balance at the Watershed Scale in a Hard Rock
Aquifer Using GIS
J.C. Maréchal, L. Galeazzi and B. Dewande ......... 134
11. Water Budgeting and Construction of Future Scenarios
for Prediction and Management of Ground Water under
Stressed Condition
Faisal K. Zaidi, Benoît Dewandel, Jean-Marie
Gandolfi and Shakeel Ahmed ............................. 142
12. Applying Geostatistics: Basic Knowledge and Variographic
Analysis with Exercises
P.S.N. Murthy, Tanvi Arora and Shakeel Ahmed ........... 150
13. Kriging for Estimating Hydrogeological Parameters
Shakeel Ahmed and K. Devi .............................. 172
14. Application of Geostatistics in Optimal Groundwater
Monitoring Network Design
Shakeel Ahmed, Dewashish Kumar and Aadil Nabi Bhat ..... 179
15. Reconstruction of Water Level Time Series in an
Aquifer Using Geostatistical Technique
Dewashish Kumar and Shakeel Ahmed ...................... 191
16. Governing Equations of Groundwater Flow and Aquifer
Modelling Using Finite Difference Method
Shazrah Owais, S. Atal and P.D. Sreedevi ............... 201
17. Simulation of Flow in Weathered-Fractured Aquifer in
a Semi-Arid and Over-Exploited Region
Shakeel Ahmed and P.D. Sreedevi ........................ 219
18. Regional Simulation of a Groundwater Flow in Coastal
Aquifer, Tamil Nadu, India
L. Elango and C. Sivakumar ............................. 234
19. Hydrogeology of Hard Rock Aquifer in Kashmir Valley:
Complexities and Uncertainties
G. Jeelani ............................................. 243
Index ......................................................... 249
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