Chemistry of groundwater in the laterite formations of the Muvattupuzha river basin, Kerala

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 705-714

  Gopinath, Girish ^a   Seralathan, P ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrochemistry; Kerala; Lateritic terrain; Muvattupuzha river basin; Phreatic aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; LATERITE; PH; PHREATIC ZONE; RIVER BASIN; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845917732     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. APHA. (1985) Standard Methods for the Analysis of Water and Waste Water (16th edn.), American Public Health Association, Washington. D.C.
2. CESS. (1984) Resource atlas of Kerala, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
3. 4-Cl groundwater in coastal aquifer, Kerala, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci.,v.98(3), pp.287-295.
4. Davies, J. (1994) The hydrogeochemistry of alluvial aquifers in central Bangladesh. In: H. Nash and G.J.H. McCall (Eds.),Groundwater Quality, 17th Special Report. Chapman and Hall Publ., pp.9-18.
5. Eaton, E.M. (1950) Significance of carbonate in irrigation water. Soil Science, v.69, pp.123-133.
6. Edmunds, W.M. (1994) Groundwater chemistry and development. In: H. Nash and G.J.H. McCall (Eds.), Groundwater quality. Chapman and Hall Publ.
7. ISI (1983) Indian standard methods of sampling and test (Physical and Chemical) methods for water used in industry, 122p.
8. Johnson (1975) Hydrogeochemistry in groundwater exploration. Groundwater symposium, Bulawano.
9. Lloyd, J.W. and Heathcote, J.A. (1985) Natural inorganic hydrochemistry in relation to ground water -An Introduction, Clarendon Press Oxford, 296p.
10. Matthess, G. and Pekdeger, A. (1981) Concepts of a survival and transport model of pathogenic bacteria and virus in groundwater. Proc. Intl. Sympo. on quality of groundwater, Amsterdam.
11. Raghunath, H.M. (1987) Geochemical surveys and water quality. Groundwater, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, pp.343-347.
12. Rajesh Raghunath, Sreedhara Murthy, T.R. and Raghavan, B.R. (2001) Spatial distribution of pH, EC and total dissolved solids of Nethravathi river basin, Karnataka state, India, Pollu. Res., v.20(3), pp.413-418.
13. Trivedy, R.K. and Goel, P.K. (1986) Chemical and biological methods for water pollution studies. Environmental publication, Karad.
14. U.S. Salinity Laboratory (1954) Diagnosis and improvement of saline and alkali soils: U.S. Dept. Agri. Hand book, 160pp.
15. WHO. (1984) Guide lines for drinking water quality, V.I. Recommendations, Geneva.
16. Wilcox, L.V, (1955) Classification and use of Irrigation waters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 969p.