Groundwater NO3 and F contamination processes in Pushkar Valley, Rajasthan as reflected from 18O isotopic signature and 3H recharge studies

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-219

  Datta, P S ^a   Tyagi, S K ^a   Mookerjee, P ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Gupta, Navindu ^a   Bhatnagar, P D ^c  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c Regional College Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

18O; Contamination process; Fluoride; Groundwater; Nitrate; Rajasthan; Recharge

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EVAPORATION; FLUORINE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED WATERS; POINT SOURCES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; OXYGEN 18; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURE; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; INDIA; SOIL; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0033011271     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005903619718     Document Type: Article

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