Estimation of Natural Groundwater Recharge

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Groundwater Recharge Concepts....Pages 3-9
An Unexpected Factor Affecting Recharge from Ephemeral River Flows in SWA/Namibia....Pages 11-28
On the Continuity of Aquifer Systems on the Crystalline Basement of Burkina Faso....Pages 29-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
A Review of Some of the Physical, Chemical and Isotopic Techniques Available for Estimating Groundwater Recharge....Pages 49-72
Evaporation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions....Pages 73-88
Satellite Remote Sensing and Energy Balance Modelling for Water Balance Assessment in (Semi-) Arid Regions....Pages 89-116
A Proposed Study of Recharge Processes in Fracture Aquifers of Semi-Arid Botswana....Pages 117-124
Estimation of Natural Groundwater Recharge under Saudi Arabian Arid Climatic Conditions....Pages 125-138
Solute Profile Techniques for Recharge Estimation in Semi-Arid and Arid Terrain....Pages 139-157
Recharge Estimation from the Depth-Distribution of Environmental Chloride in the Unsaturated Zone — Western Australian Examples....Pages 159-173
Natural Recharge Measurements in the Hard Rock Regions of Semi-Arid India Using Tritium Injection — A Review....Pages 175-194
Comparison of Recharge Estimates from Injected Tritium Technique and Regional Hydrological Modelling in the Case of a Granitic Basin in Semi-Arid India....Pages 195-204
Studies on Natural Recharge to the Groundwater by Isotope Techniques in Arid Western Rajasthan, India....Pages 205-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Numerical and Conceptual Models for Recharge Estimation in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones....Pages 223-238
Methods for Estimation of Natural Groundwater Recharge Directly from Precipitation — Comparative Studies in Sandy Till....Pages 239-270
The Principles of Inverse Modelling for Estimation of Recharge from Hydraulic Head....Pages 271-282
Estimating Natural Recharge of Ground Water by Moisture Accounting and Convolution....Pages 283-299
Natural Ground Water Recharge Estimation Methodologies in India....Pages 301-311
BALSEQ — A Model for the Estimation of Water Balances, Including Aquifer Recharges, Requiring Scarce Hydrologic Data....Pages 313-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Quantification of Groundwater Recharge in Arid Regions: A Practical View for Resource Development and Management....Pages 323-338
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Groundwater Recharge Studies in Semi-Arid Botswana-A Review....Pages 339-347
Rainfall — Runoff — Recharge Relationships in the Basement Rocks of Zimbabwe....Pages 349-365
Recharge Characteristics of Aquifers of Jeddah-Makkah Taif Region....Pages 367-375
Groundwater Recharge and Subsurface Flow in the Comodoro Rivadavia Area, Chubut Province, Argentina. Isotopic and Hydrochemical Study....Pages 377-393
Groundwater Recharge over Western Saudi Arabia....Pages 395-403
Natural Recharge of Karst Aquifers in Western Taurus Region (Southwestern Turkey)....Pages 405-422
Estimation of Recharge of Sand Aquifer of the Island of Mannar Sri Lanka....Pages 423-434
Groundwater Recharge from Three Cheap and Independent Methods in the Small Watersheds of the Rain Forest Belt of Nigeria....Pages 435-447
Quantitative Estimation of Ground-Water Recharge in Dolomite....Pages 449-460
Quantitative Estimation of Ground-Water Recharge in the Pretoria-Rietondale Area....Pages 461-476
Analysis of Long-Duration Piezometric Records from Burkina Faso Used to Determine Aquifer Recharge....Pages 477-489
Front Matter....Pages 491-491
Humid and Arid Zone Groundwater Recharge — A Comparative Analysis....Pages 493-504
Back Matter....Pages 505-510