Groundwater quality in the lower Varuna River basin, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-192

  Raju, N Janardhana ^a   Ram, Prahlad ^a   Dey, Sangita ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemical facies; Irrigation water; Nitrate pollution; Sodium content; Uttar Pradesh; Varanasi; Varuna River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SODIUM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

VARUNA;

EID: 62749083885     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0074-0     Document Type: Article

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