Hydrochemical characteristics and groundwater quality assessment in Tirupur region, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1509-1520

  Arumugam, K ^a   Elangovan, K ^b  

^a KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking and Irrigation; Hydrogeochemistry; India; Tamilnadu; Tirupur region; Water salinity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING AND IRRIGATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; TAMILNADU; TIRUPUR REGION; WATER SALINITY;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; STANDARD (REGULATION); URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

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

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 70449127573     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1652-y     Document Type: Article

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