Geochemical assessment of groundwater quality in vicinity of Bhalswa landfill, Delhi, India, using graphical and multivariate statistical methods

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1509-1528

  Srivastava, Sunil Kumar ^a   Ramanathan, A L ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Groundwater quality; Heavy metals; Hydrogeochemistry; Landfill; Leachates

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY;

WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; FLUORIDE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38149127141     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0762-2     Document Type: Article

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