Hydrogeological Research in India : Significant Papers from the Journal and Memoirs of the Geological Society of India 1959-2008 (Golden Jubilee Memoir of the Geological Society of India, No. 67)

Contents: Foreword/B.P. Radhakrishna. Hydrogeological research in India: an introduction/Subhajyoti Das. Selected papers and editorial comments: I. Hydrogeological framework: Editorial comments: Papers 1 to 3: 1. Groundwater in the Peninsular Indian Shield: a framework for rational assessment/T.N. Narasimhan. 2. Hydrogeological features of Deltas and Estuarine Tracts of India/S. Das. 3. Hydrogeological mapping in Deccan Basalts--an appraisal/Kulkarni Himanshu and S.B. Deolankar. II. Groundwater in alluvium: Editorial comments: Papers 4 to 9: 4. Nature of aquifers and their inter-relationship in a part of Sutlej Basin, Punjab/V. Jagannathan and D.S. Pandey. 5. Natural fresh-water ridge as barrier against sea-water intrusion in Chennai City/P.N. Ballukraya and R. Ravi. 6. Geology of the quaternary aquifers of the Twin City of Calcutta-Howrah/P.K. Sikdar. 7. Hydrogeomorphic classification of the terrain in relation to the aquifer disposition: a case study from Gurgaon--Sohna Region, Haryana/V.N. Bajpayee and C. Mahanta. 8. Conjunctive use of well-log and remote sensing data for interpreting shallow aquifer geometry in Ganga Plains/R.K. Samadder, S. Kumar and R.P. Gupta. 9. The aquifer system and evaluation of its hydraulic parameters in parts of South Ganga Plain, Bihar/Dipankar Saha, S. Upadhyay, Y.R. Dhar and R. Singh. III. Groundwater in fractured and fissured rocks: Editorial comments: Papers 10 to 15: 10. Karstic limestones in parts of Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh and their groundwater possibilities/Adyalkar and P.N. Phadtare. 11. Hydrogeological conditions and optimum well discharges in Granitic terrain in parts of Nalgonda District, A.P., India/T. Narsimha Reddy and Pradeep Raj. 12. Electrical resistivity technique for exploration and studies on flow pattern of groundwater in  multi-aquifer system in the Basaltic terrain of the Adila Basin, Maharashtra/A.B. Narayanpethkar, A. Vasanthi and K. Mallick. 13. Delineation of groundwater prospect zones in hard rocks using remote sensing and GIS--A case study from Rajasthan/Sanjeev Kumar, Dewashish Kumar and Shakeel Ahmed. 14. Application of Electrical resistivity and induced polarization methods for detection of fluoride contaminated groundwater/Balaram Das, S.K. Maity, and O.N. Tarafdar. 15. Characteristic responses to pumping in hard rock fracture aquifers in Thrissur, Kerala and their hydrogeological significance/J.P. Kukillaya. IV. Groundwater quality and pollution: Editorial comments: Papers 16 to 23: 16. Fluoride ingestion into the natural waters of hard-rock areas, Peninsular India/Ramesam V. and K. Rajagopalan. 17. Salinity in the groundwater of the Purna Basin--its genesis/K. Muthuraman, M.P. Tiwari and P.K. Mukhopadhyay. 18. Study of groundwater occurrence and mixing in Pushkar (Ajmer) Valley, Rajasthan with d18O and Hydrochemical data/P.S. Datta, S.K. Bhattacharya, P. Mookerjee and S.K. Tyagi. 19. Trace element geochemistry of groundwater from Behedi Basin, Nasik District, Maharashtra/N.J. Pawar and J.D. Nikumbh. 20. Salinity intrusion from tidal recharge and its impact on groundwater quality in Goa state/K. Keerthiseelan, S.L. Kapoor, A. Suresha and T.R. Prakash. 21. Hydrochemistry of arsenic in Nadia District, West Bengal/R.K. Bandyopadhyay. 22. Geochemical studies of groundwater in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh/Ravi K. Saini, G.J. Chakrapani and A.K. Sen. 23. Principal component analysis of groundwater quality in a developing urban area of Andhra Pradesh/N. Subba Rao, J. Prakasa Rao and A. Subrahmanyam. V. Groundwater conservation and management: Editorial comments: Papers 24 to 34: 24. Impact of human activities on hydrogeological environment/K.R. Karanth. 25. Are we conserving our water resources?/Radhakrishna B.P. 26. Indian rainfall and water conservation/P.R. Pisharoty. 27. Measurement of natural recharge in India/R.N. Athavale, R. Rangarajan and D. Muralidharan. 28. How much groundwater is escaping to the sea?/B.P. Radhakrishna. 29. Importance of recharging depleted aquifers: State of the art of artificial recharge in India/K.C.B. Raju. 30. Evaluation of hydrogeological parameters through mathematical modeling: a case study/M. Thangarajan, V.S. Singh and Sriman Narayan M. 31. Man-made drought and the looming water crisis/B.P. Radhakrishna. 32. Groundwater depletion signatures in Southeastern Karnataka/B.M. Ravindra and S.N. Nagaraja Sharma. 33. Integrated water management schemes for Lakshadweep Islands/Najeeb K. Md. 34. Geology and development of sustainable agri-food systems in India/B.P. Radhakrishna. Concluding remarks.