Quality assessment of surface and subsurface water of Damodar River basin

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-49

  Singh, Abhay Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Na; Damodar river basin; RSC; SAR; TDS; Total hardness; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BICARBONATES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0041736342     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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