Hydrochemistry of reservoirs of Damodar River basin, India: Weathering processes and water quality assessment

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1014-1028

  Singh, Abhay Kumar ^a   Mondal, G C ^a   Singh, P K ^a   Singh, S ^a   Singh, T B ^a   Tewary, B K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Damodar River; Hydrochemistry; India; Reservoirs; Solute Flux; Water Quality; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SILICA; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC; DAMODAR RIVER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDIA; SOLUTE FLUX;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

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

EID: 28344433264     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1302-6     Document Type: Article

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