Identification of major sources controlling groundwater chemistry from a hard rock terrain - A case study from Mettur taluk, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Srinivasamoorthy, K ^a   Chidambaram, S ^a   Prasanna, M V ^a   Vasanthavihar, M ^a   Peter, John ^a   Anandhan, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Ion exchange; Residence time; Saturation index; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCHEAN; GROUNDWATER; HARD ROCK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; RESIDENCE TIME; SATURATION; SILICATE; TERRAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; METTUR; SALEM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40349094868     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0012-3     Document Type: Article

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