Assessment of groundwater pollution due to tannery industries in and around Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Mondal, N C ^a   Saxena, V K ^a   Singh, V S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; Degradation; Groundwater; India; Pollution; Tannery

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASSESSSMENT; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS; TANNERY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

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

EID: 23744509766     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1244-z     Document Type: Article

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