Groundwater Flow and Mass Transport Modeling: Theory and Applications

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The over-exploitation of groundwater resources has resulted in long-term continuous decline of water level in many parts of India and elsewhere for the last many decades. This has resulted in the deterioration of water quality and the widespread drying-up of wells in monsoon climatic regions due to ‘failure’ of the monsoon. It is thus imperative that effective management of groundwater resources is essential and it requires, firstly, a good understanding of the aquifer system, secondly, that practical measures to control abstraction can be identified and, thirdly augment groundwater resources through artificial recharge. It is therefore essential to quantify the response of the aquifer under study to different input-output stresses. Groundwater modeling study has proved to be a potential tool to study the aquifer response and thereby to evolve appropriate management schemes. The present book is the improved version of the earlier book on regional groundwater modeling by incorporating both the basic theory (aquifer and its characteristics, mathematical formulation, solution techniques, data requirements, model conceptualization, model construction and calibration procedures and sensitivity analysis) and model application to assess the groundwater potential and pollution potential. This book is written under the utilization of retired scientist scheme of Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Thangarajan

Dr. M. Thangarajan, formerly Scientist-G and Head, groundwater modeling group, at National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, India, obtained his Master's in Physics at Madras University and PhD in Applied Geophysics from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. For more than three decades, he has carried out extensive research work in the assessment and management of groundwater resources through mathematical modeling. He has visited Botswana as modeling expert. He is the member of IAH, IAHS, AGID and Geological Society of India. He has contributed over 125 research papers in national and international journals besides seminar proceedings. Author of the title "Regional Groundwater Modeling", he is also the co-editor of five other books.

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Title
Groundwater Flow and Mass Transport Modeling: Theory and Applications
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8185589615
Length
xiv+381p., Tables; Figures; References; Index; 25cm.
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