Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
BULLETIN OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, cilt.67, sa.4, ss.529-535, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
The Gumushacikoy Plain is the most productive agricultural area in the central/northern part of Turkey. Although the Quaternary/Pliocene granular deposits beneath the Plain have formed an important aquifer/water resource, excessive pumping in the last two decades, mainly for irrigation, has resulted in a significant depletion of the reservoir with some 30% of the total resource being lost in the last 40 years. The paper reports a groundwater flow model developed to allow the sustainability of the groundwater resource to be monitored such that appropriate measures can be undertaken.