Major ion chemistry and identification of hydrogeochemical processes of ground water in a part of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Lakshmanan, E ^a   Kannan, R ^a   Senthil Kumar, M ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 4043178411     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg100403011     Document Type: Article

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