Groundwater quality in the hard rock area of the Gadilam River Basin, Tamil Nadu

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-635

  Aravindan, S ^a   Manivel, M ^b   Chandrasekar, S V N ^c  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Gadilam river basin; Groundwater quality; Hard rock aquifer; Hydrogeochemistry; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HARD ROCK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADILAM BASIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 4344606677     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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