Groundwater potential assessment using an integrated AHP-driven geospatial and field exploration approach applied to a hard-rock aquifer Himalayan watershed

• Published in: Journal of hydrology. Regional studies Vol. 37; p. 100914
• Main Authors: Sapkota, Sanjib, Pandey, Vishnu Prasad, Bhattarai, Utsav, Panday, Suman, Shrestha, Surendra Raj, Maharjan, Sudan Bikash
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); aquifers; electrical resistance; Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); GIS & RS; groundwater; Groundwater potential; Hard-rock aquifer; Himalayan region; Nepal; Nepal Himalaya; tomography; watersheds; Himalayan region; Nepal; Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); GIS & RS; Nepal Himalaya; Groundwater potential; Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Hard-rock aquifer

[Display omitted] •This is one of the very few studies of this kind in the Nepal Himalaya.•Six indicators representing various aspects of groundwater potential were selected.•A simplistic two-step validation strategy using spring-discharge & ERT was applied.•Lithology and lineament density were...