Redemarcation of recharge area of stressed confined aquifers of Neyveli groundwater basin, India, through tritium tracer studies

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-48

  Rangarajan, R ^a   Muralidharan, D ^a   Deshmukh, S D ^a   Hodlur, G K ^a   Gangadhara Rao, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial tritium; Lignite mining; Recharge area

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GROUNDWATER; LIGNITE; MOISTURE; SOILS; TRITIUM;

LIGNITE SEAMS; NATURAL RECHARGE MEASUREMENTS; NEYVELI GROUNDWATER BASIN; TRITIUM INJECTION TECHNIQUES;

AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRITIUM;

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

EID: 21744448009     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1254-x     Document Type: Article

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