Factors controlling the salinity in groundwater in parts of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 327-341

  Subba Rao, N ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Groundwater quality; Guntur district; Hydrogeochemical processes; India; Salinization

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SALINE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHARNOCKITES; GRANITIC GNEISSES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; MINERAL SATURATION; SALINIZATION; SOIL SALTS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE ION; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRITE; POTASSIUM ION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARNOCKITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; GNEISS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; PH; SALINITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; RAIN; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; GUNTUR; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39049121544     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9801-4     Document Type: Article

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