evaluation of hydrogeology of the lower son valley based on remote sensing data评价水文地质的儿子谷基于遥感数据.pdfVIP

Journal of Geographic Information System, 2010, 2, 220-227 doi:10.4236/jgis.2010.24031 Published Online October 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jgis) Evaluation of Hydrogeology of the Lower Son Valley Based on Remote Sensing Data 1* 1 1 2 Manas Banerjee , Debolin Bhattacharya , Hriday Narain Singh , Daya Shanker 1 Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India E-mail : manasgp@yahoo.co.in, hridaynarain.singh@, dayasfeq@iitr.ernet.in Received July 31, 2010; revised September 2, 2010; accepted September 8, 2010 Abstract Remote sensing, one of the most important reconnaissance and feature identifying tools generally applied for surface and groundwater investigation, was used for water resources mapping for the lower Son Valley in this study. The mapping was done with the help of Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite imagery IRS-LISS- 1-B1 for January 29, 1991 obtained during the day transit time. The area under study comprises adjoining parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states of India and extends over the seven districts, namely Bhojpur, Rohtas, Patna, Jahanabad, Aurangabad, Ballia and Chapra. Geology of the study area is quite complex, tectonically disturbed and shows four major cycles of depositions after erosions during last one billion years (since Cre- taceous). Two lineaments mapped by GSI (Geological Survey of India) in western side of river Son in the Bhojpur district can also be identified by the satellite imagery. In the present study, apart from these linea- ments, two new lineaments have been investigated, which run almost parallel to riv