Sub-surface investigations on deep saline groundwater of charnockite rock formation, Kalpakkam, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 211-222

  Guromoorthy, C ^a   Sasidhar, P ^a   Arumugham, V ^b   Mathur, R K ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Deep boreholes; Geohydrological characteristics; Salinity variation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ROCK FORMATION;

SALINE WATER;

CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; DEUTERIUM; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; OXYGEN 18; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; TRITIUM;

BOREHOLE; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALINE INTRUSION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INDIA; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; INDIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALPAKKAM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0942277208     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000009237.06427.2b     Document Type: Article

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