The journal retracts the 22nd November 2022 publication.
Following concerns regarding the originality of the article, an investigation was conducted in accordance with Frontiers’ policies. It was found that the article contains an unacceptable level of conceptual similarity to an article published by Hayat et al. (2021) in Acque Sotterranee–Italian Journal of Groundwater.
This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Environmental Science and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors did not agree to this retraction.
Summary
Keywords
Managed Aquifer Recharge, remote sensing, GIS, land use, slope, Drainage density
Citation
Frontiers Editorial Office (2023) Retraction: Delineation of potential managed aquifer recharge sites of Kuchlak sub-basin, Balochistan, using remote sensing and GIS. Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1327090. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1327090
Received
24 October 2023
Accepted
24 October 2023
Published
31 October 2023
Approved by
Paolo Perona, EPFL, Switzerland
Volume
11 - 2023
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