Aquatic geochemistry of Dhanbad, Jharkhand: Source evaluation and quality assessment

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1088-1102

  Singh, Abhay Kr ^a   Mondal, G C ^a   Singh, S ^a   Singh, P K ^a   Singh, T B ^a   Tewary, B K ^a   Sinha, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Aquatic geochemistry; Dhanbad; Jharkhand; Quality assessment; Saturation index; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINE WASTE; SATURATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; DHANBAD; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548011219     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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