Groundwater quality in the niva river basin, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-63

  Rao, Y Srinivasa ^a   Reddy, T V K ^a   Nayudu, P T ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Pollution Nitrates; Regression analysis; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; LAND USE IMPACT; NITRATE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION;

INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, NIVA RIVER;

EID: 0030821166     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050193     Document Type: Article

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