Nutrient chemistry of groundwater in an intensively irrigated region of southern India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 820-830

  Rajmohan, N ^a,b   Elango, L ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cheyyar River; Groundwater; India; Nutrients; Palar River; Spatial and seasonal variation; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SOILS;

NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY; ROCK FORMATIONS; ROCK MATERIALS; SOIL MINERALIZATION;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZERS; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; METEOROLOGY; NITRATES; RIVERS; SOIL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WORLD;

EID: 17644381298     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1212-z     Document Type: Article

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