Distribution of iron, manganese, zinc and atrazine in groundwater in parts of palar and cheyyar river basins, South India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 115-131

  Rajmohan, N ^a   Elango, L ^b  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Groundwater; India; Iron; Manganese; Palar basin; Tamil Nadu; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ATRAZINE; CHEYYAR RIVER; INDIA; PALAR RIVER; POST-MONSOON PERIOD;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LAKE WATER; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ATRAZINE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MANGANESE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ATRAZINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; IRON; MANGANESE; METALS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ASIA; CHEYYAR BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; PALAR BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WORLD;

EID: 24044450857     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-5307-0     Document Type: Article

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