Search Results - "Hydrogeology journal"

Global distribution of carbonate rocks and karst water resources by Goldscheider, Nico, Chen, Zhao, Auler, Augusto S., Bakalowicz, Michel, Broda, Stefan, Drew, David, Hartmann, Jens, Jiang, Guanghui, Moosdorf, Nils, Stevanovic, Zoran, Veni, George

“…Karst regions offer a variety of natural resources such as freshwater and biodiversity, and many cultural resources. The World Karst Aquifer Map (WOKAM) is the…”
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Sixty years of global progress in managed aquifer recharge by Dillon, P., Stuyfzand, P., Grischek, T., Lluria, M., Pyne, R. D. G., Jain, R. C., Bear, J., Schwarz, J., Wang, W., Fernandez, E., Stefan, C., Pettenati, M., van der Gun, J., Sprenger, C., Massmann, G., Scanlon, B. R., Xanke, J., Jokela, P., Zheng, Y., Rossetto, R., Shamrukh, M., Pavelic, P., Murray, E., Ross, A., Bonilla Valverde, J. P., Palma Nava, A., Ansems, N., Posavec, K., Ha, K., Martin, R., Sapiano, M.

“…The last 60 years has seen unprecedented groundwater extraction and overdraft as well as development of new technologies for water treatment that together…”
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The World Karst Aquifer Mapping project: concept, mapping procedure and map of Europe by Chen, Zhao, Auler, Augusto S., Bakalowicz, Michel, Drew, David, Griger, Franziska, Hartmann, Jens, Jiang, Guanghui, Moosdorf, Nils, Richts, Andrea, Stevanovic, Zoran, Veni, George, Goldscheider, Nico

“…Karst aquifers contribute substantially to freshwater supplies in many regions of the world, but are vulnerable to contamination and difficult to manage…”
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Review: Advances in groundwater potential mapping by Díaz-Alcaide, S., Martínez-Santos, P.

“…Groundwater resources can be expected to be increasingly relied upon in the near future, as a consequence of rapid population growth and global environmental…”
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Long-term groundwater storage changes and land subsidence development in the North China Plain (1971–2015) by Gong, Huili, Pan, Yun, Zheng, Longqun, Li, Xiaojuan, Zhu, Lin, Zhang, Chong, Huang, Zhiyong, Li, Zhiping, Wang, Haigang, Zhou, Chaofan

“…The North China Plain (NCP) has been suffering from groundwater storage (GWS) depletion and land subsidence for a long period. This paper collects data on GWS…”
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Review: Hydrogeology of weathered crystalline/hard-rock aquifers—guidelines for the operational survey and management of their groundwater resources by Lachassagne, Patrick, Dewandel, Benoît, Wyns, Robert

“…Hard rocks or crystalline rocks (i.e., plutonic and metamorphic rocks) constitute the basement of all continents, and are particularly exposed at the surface…”
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Groundwater potential mapping using a novel data-mining ensemble model by Kordestani, Mojtaba Dolat, Naghibi, Seyed Amir, Hashemi, Hossein, Ahmadi, Kourosh, Kalantar, Bahareh, Pradhan, Biswajeet

“…Freshwater scarcity is an ever-increasing problem throughout the arid and semi-arid countries, and it often results in poverty. Thus, it is necessary to…”
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Urban groundwater quality in sub-Saharan Africa: current status and implications for water security and public health by Lapworth, D. J., Nkhuwa, D. C. W., Okotto-Okotto, J., Pedley, S., Stuart, M. E., Tijani, M. N., Wright, J.

“…Groundwater resources are important sources of drinking water in Africa, and they are hugely important in sustaining urban livelihoods and supporting a diverse…”
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Shedding light on the invisible: addressing the potential for groundwater contamination by plastic microfibers by Re, Viviana

“…The processes of microplastic fiber pollution in groundwater are unknown. The recent research on this contaminant threat is generally focused on surface waters…”
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Water availability and land subsidence in the Central Valley, California, USA by Faunt, Claudia C., Sneed, Michelle, Traum, Jon, Brandt, Justin T.

“…The Central Valley in California (USA) covers about 52,000 km 2 and is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. This agriculture relies…”
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Impact of irrigated agriculture on groundwater-recharge salinity: a major sustainability concern in semi-arid regions by Foster, Stephen, Pulido-Bosch, Antonio, Vallejos, Ángela, Molina, Luis, Llop, Armando, MacDonald, Alan M.

“…Intensive irrigated agriculture substantially modifies the hydrological cycle and often has major environmental impacts. The article focuses upon a specific…”
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Experimental investigation on the blocking of groundwater seepage from a waterproof curtain during pumped dewatering in an excavation by Xu, Ye-Shuang, Yan, Xue-Xin, Shen, Shui-Long, Zhou, An-Nan

“…The interaction between a waterproof curtain and withdrawal wells (or simply, the wall-well effect) is a key factor in controlling the environmental effects…”
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Review: Regional land subsidence accompanying groundwater extraction by Galloway, Devin L., Burbey, Thomas J.

“…The extraction of groundwater can generate land subsidence by causing the compaction of susceptible aquifer systems, typically unconsolidated alluvial or…”
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Inventory of managed aquifer recharge sites in Europe: historical development, current situation and perspectives by Sprenger, C., Hartog, N., Hernández, M., Vilanova, E., Grützmacher, G., Scheibler, F., Hannappel, S.

“…Different types of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) schemes are widely distributed and applied on various scales and for various purposes in the European…”
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Review: Safe and sustainable groundwater supply in China by Wang, Yanxin, Zheng, Chunmiao, Ma, Rui

“…Exploitation of groundwater has greatly increased since the 1970s to meet the increased water demand due to fast economic development in China…”
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Optimization of an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for groundwater potential mapping by Termeh, Seyed Vahid Razavi, Khosravi, Khabat, Sartaj, Majid, Keesstra, Saskia Deborah, Tsai, Frank T.-C., Dijksma, Roel, Pham, Binh Thai

“…The main goal of this study was to optimize an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) using three meta-heuristic optimization algorithms—genetic…”
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Application of random forest regression and comparison of its performance to multiple linear regression in modeling groundwater nitrate concentration at the African continent scale by Ouedraogo, Issoufou, Defourny, Pierre, Vanclooster, Marnik

“…Groundwater management decisions require robust methods that allow accurate predictive modeling of pollutant occurrences. In this study, random forest…”
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Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia by Bonsor, H. C., MacDonald, A. M., Ahmed, K. M., Burgess, W. G., Basharat, M., Calow, R. C., Dixit, A., Foster, S. S. D., Gopal, K., Lapworth, D. J., Moench, M., Mukherjee, A., Rao, M. S., Shamsudduha, M., Smith, L., Taylor, R. G., Tucker, J., van Steenbergen, F., Yadav, S. K., Zahid, A.

“…The Indo-Gangetic aquifer is one of the world’s most important transboundary water resources, and the most heavily exploited aquifer in the world. To better…”
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Using artificial neural network models for groundwater level forecasting and assessment of the relative impacts of influencing factors by Lee, Sanghoon, Lee, Kang-Kun, Yoon, Heesung

“…Change in groundwater level is predicted for a special site where transient natural factors affecting the groundwater level are mixed with very irregular…”
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Relationships between rainfall and groundwater recharge in seasonally humid Benin: a comparative analysis of long-term hydrographs in sedimentary and crystalline aquifers by Kotchoni, D. O. Valerie, Vouillamoz, Jean-Michel, Lawson, Fabrice M. A., Adjomayi, Philippe, Boukari, Moussa, Taylor, Richard G.

“…Groundwater is a vital source of freshwater throughout the tropics enabling access to safe water for domestic, agricultural and industrial purposes close to…”
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