Groundwater quality of Pageru river basin, Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 619-636

  Sreedevi, P D ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Cuddapah district; Groundwater quality; Pageru river basin

Indexed keywords

SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WELL WATER;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; CUDDAPAH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12244298952     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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