Hydrogeochemical processes, mixing and isotope tracing in hard rock aquifers and surface waters from the Subarnarekha river basin, (east Singhbhum district, Jharkhand state, India)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1535-1552

  Negrel Ph ^a   Lemiere B ^a   Machard de Grammont, H ^a   Billaud, P ^a   Sengupta, B ^b  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b GSI   (India)

Author keywords

Fractured rocks; Hydrochemistry; India; Stable isotopes; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HARD ROCK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SINGHBHUM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36549037728     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0227-4     Document Type: Article

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