Yes, paleochannels can and do serve as ground water storage. While carrying out investigation for construction of dams and reservoir submergence we noticed such channels through imagery and drilling also, in Saurastra (Gujarat) region. Those were given due consideration for water storage as well as for subsurface water flow. Reasons for river migration were tectonic and volcanic (repeated eruption and dykes formation across channels).
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Yes, paleochannels can and do serve as ground water storage. While carrying out investigation for construction of dams and reservoir submergence we noticed such channels through imagery and drilling also, in Saurastra (Gujarat) region. Those were given due consideration for water storage as well as for subsurface water flow. Reasons for river migration were tectonic and volcanic (repeated eruption and dykes formation across channels).