Evaluation of sea water ingress into an Indian atoll

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1475-1483

  Sarwade, D V ^a   Nandakumar, M V ^a   Kesari, M P ^a   Mondal, N C ^a   Singh, V S ^a   Singh, Bhoop ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DST   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Atoll; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Seawater ingress

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; FRESH WATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER INGRESS; THIN LENS;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

SEAWATER;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; ATOLL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANDROTT; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LAKSHADWEEP; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447641931     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0592-7     Document Type: Article

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