Hydrogeochemistry of the groundwater flow system in a crystalline terrain: A study from the Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 723-730

  Jayasena, H A H ^a   Chandrajith, Rohana ^a,b   Dissanayake, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic zones; Fracture zones; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemsitry; Kurunegala district; Precambrian terrain; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CHEMICAL QUALITY; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; DUG WELLS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SRI LANKA; TUBE WELLS; WATER SAMPLES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CRYSTAL; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PRECAMBRIAN; REGOLITH; TERRAIN; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; KURUNEGALA; NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SRI LANKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48249121973     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1024-z     Document Type: Article

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