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‘Lineaments’ the Potential Groundwater Zones in Hard Rock Area: A Case Study of Basaltic Terrain of WGKKC-2 Watershed from Kalmeswar Tehsil of Nagpur District, Central India

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Hard rock aquifer system, as it lacks in primary porosity, is complex because of heterogeneity, and hence its performance solely depends on secondary factors such as weathering, fractures, joints and lineaments, etc. As a result, there is no uniformity in behavior of such aquifer system which varies with the intensity of factors causing secondary porosity. In view of this aquifer system of hard rock, particularly multilayered aquifer system such as basalt, the targeting of deeper aquifer system becomes uncertain. Under this situation, mapping of lineament assumes great importance particularly for targeting the deeper aquifer. In view of this, a small watershed WGKKC-2 falling in Nagpur District of Central India has been studied in detail to understand the significance of lineaments on governing deeper aquifer system. The study has been carried out by deploying remote sensing technique for delineation of hydro geomorphology and lineaments vis-à-vis performance of bore wells. The results are encouraging which mainly emphasize the role of lineament mapping in hard rock aquifer system for identification of groundwater potential zones.

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The authors are thankful to the Director, Maharashtra remote Sensing Centre, Nagpur for providing the necessary facilities to carry out the work at their esteemed laboratory. The help and suggestions provided by the expertise available at MRSAC and Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency, Nagpur Office are also gratefully acknowledged here.

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  1. Post Graduate Department of Geology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

    Abhay M. Varade & Poonam Yadav

  2. Maharashtra Remote Sensing Centre, Nagpur, India

    Y. D. Khare

  3. Directorate of Geology and Mining, Government of Maharashtra, Nagpur, India

    A. P. Doad

  4. Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India

    Sandipan Das

  5. Department of Geology, Sinhgad College of Science, Ambegaon bk., Pune, 411041, India

    Madhura Kanetkar

  6. Department of Geology, Khare Dhere Bhosale College, Guhagar, Ratnagiri (M.S.), 415703, India

    R. B. Golekar

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Varade, A.M., Khare, Y.D., Yadav, P. et al. ‘Lineaments’ the Potential Groundwater Zones in Hard Rock Area: A Case Study of Basaltic Terrain of WGKKC-2 Watershed from Kalmeswar Tehsil of Nagpur District, Central India. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 46, 539–549 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-017-0716-4

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