Modelling for pollutant migration in the tannery belt, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1600-1606

  Mondal, N C ^a   Singh, V S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dindigul; Groundwater pollution; Pollutant migration; Tannery industry; Weather zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644446214     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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