Mapping of Lineaments for Groundwater Potentiality in Denwa Watershed Using Remote Sensing & GIS

Abstract

One of the complex geological processes with heterogeneous nature of aquifers, various rock compositions, fracture density and high degree of weathering is Groundwater. It is important to assess the Groundwater which falls under the fracture zones. The modern technology like Remote-sensing can become very useful in assessment of ground water. The major ejective of this study is to identify the Lineament in study region and represent them in the form of map in an exhumed Hydro-geological environment. Further, this study also aims to develop GIS based monitoring system which will determine micro-scale groundwater potential evaluation of Denwa watershed in central India with the help of remote sensing data. For the investigation of lineaments Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was generated and thematic maps, such as lineament frequency, density and intersection were prepared using interpolation technique. The obtained result reveals the importance of GIS and Remote-sensing technique to increase the lineament intersection and density in large amount. The proposed study will be helpful to provide an immense help for further inspection of quantitative evaluation of groundwater assessment.