Major ion chemistry of environmental samples around sub-urban of Chennai city

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1668-1677

  Kumaresan, M ^a   Riyazuddin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical classification; Chennai city; Groundwater; Physico chemical characters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846291022     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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