Some physico-chemical characters of groundwater in some (selected) water supply wells in the Jaffna peninsula

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 81-95

  Nanthini, T ^a   Mikunthan, T ^a   Vijayaratnam, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Jaffna peninsula; Salinity; Shallow wells; Sri Lanka; Supply wells; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548265253     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v29i1-2.2621     Document Type: Article

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