Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 817033912X
Published on: 2005-01
Hardcover
'Water' is a mandatory resource for the all-living beings of the planet earth. This is the reason why all the ancient civilizations were greatly restricted to the river valleys. However, when the population started growing man moved over to the adjacent plains, uplands and even to the hilly regions of course to the regions of close proximity to the water resources. But when the population has further exploded phenomenally, the modern man, driven by the inadequacy of surface water, has started mining the groundwater reservoirs aggressively, which has lead to the unprecedented fall of water table and initiated chains of environmental problems all over the world. So the man was forced to utilize many modern technologies like Remote Sensing, Geophysics, Geographical Information System, etc., to locate additional and newer groundwater resources on the one side and to replenish the fastly deteriorating water table on the other side. But even after the utilization of many such newer technologies, the groundwater targeting still remains enigmatic, especially in hard rock aquifer systems, because of the heterogeneity of the aquifer systems due to variance in litho logy, degrees of deformation, depth of weathering, etc. Hence, the scientists and the technocrats have started studying all the geo-related variables for precise groundwater targeting. But still we have to go a long way in developing precise models for water management in general and groundwater targeting in hard rock aquifer systems in particular. However, the input from 'Remote Sensing Technology' in such water resources management is unique and unparallel as this technology is capable of giving the pattern and spatial distribution of various geological parameters related to surface/groundwater.
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Morphodynamic Processes and their Impact Over the Hydrological Systems Along the East Coast of Tamil Nadu
SM. Ramasamy
2. Surface Water Forecasting Model: Using Satellite Infrared Data
C.J. Kumanan and SM. Ramasamy
3. Remote Sensing in Pollution Monitoring in Cauvery River
SM. Ramasamy, V. Venkatasubramanian, K. Joan Sam and G. Edwin Chandrasekhar
4. Integrated Study and Identification of Erosion Prone Areas in Vaigai Irrigation System in Tamil Nadu
SM. Ramasamy, S. Thillai Govindarajan and T. Balasubramanian
5. Functions of Ground water Flow in Folded Aquifer Systems, Western Ghats Region: Using Remote Sensing and GIS
K. Palanivel and SM. Ramasamy
6. Lineaments of Southeastern India and their Relationship to Drainage Pattern and Groundwater Flow
C.L Elliott, E.B. Joyce, I. Bishop, SM. Ramasamy and C.J. Kumanan
7. Groundwater Targeting in Kambam Valley, South India, with the Aid of Satellite Imagery
C.L. Kumanan and SM. Ramasamy
8.Time Transgressive Tectonics and its Control over Ground-water Regimes of Tamil Nadu
SM. Ramasamy
9 Fracture Pattern Modelling and Groundwater Hydrology in Hard Rock Aquifer System, Central Tamil Nadu
SM. Ramasamy, N. Nagappan and R. Selvakumar
10 Detection of Groundwater Depleting Fractures for Artificial Recharge: A Model Study in Central Tamil Nadu Using Remote Sensing and Numerical Analysis
SM. Ramasamy, R. Selvakumar and N. Nagappan
11 Groundwater Targeting in Hard Rock Terrains Through Geomorphic Mapping: A Case Study
R. Jayakumar and SM. Ramasamy
12 GIS and Hard rock Aquifer Function Modelling in Western Ghats
K. Palanivel and SM. Ramasamy
13 Detection of Groundwater Barrier in Vellar Basin (Central Tamil Nadu) Using Remote Sensing and GIS
5. Vasudevan, SM. Ramasamy, P. Venkatachalam and J.K. Suri
14 New Techniques for Improving the Efficiency of Natural Recharge in Hard Rock Aquifer Systems
SM. Ramasamy, C.J. Kumanan and K. Palanivel
15. Nourishment of Aquifer Systems Through Natural Recharge Using GIS
SM. Ramasamy, PL. Pugalenthi, J. Saravanavel, S. Gunasekaran and C. Anandan
16 Integrated Terrain Analyses in Site Selection for Artificial Recharge in Ayyar Basin, Tamil Nadu
SM. Ramasamy and S. Anbazhagan
17 Geophysical Resistivity Survey and Potential Site Selection for Artificial Recharge in Central Tamil Nadu
S. Anbazhagan and SM. Ramasamy
18 Criteria and Techniques of Detecting Site Specific Mechanisms for Artificial Recharge: A Case Study from Ayyar Basin
SM. Ramasamy and S. Anbazhagan
19 Designing of Artificial Recharge Schemes in Hard Rock Aquifer Systems
SM. Ramasamy
