Groundwater geochemistry and identification of hydrogeochemical processes in a hard rock region, Southern India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 123-137

  Subramani, T ^a   Rajmohan, N ^b   Elango, L ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b Centre de Marcoule   (France)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chithar River basin; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemical processes; India; Tamil Nadu; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

CHITHAR RIVER BASIN; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; RIVER BASINS; TAMIL NADU; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; RIVERS; ROCKS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SILICATE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; RIVER BASIN; WATER TABLE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER BASIN; ROCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; INDIA; WATER;

CHITHAR RIVER; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 76449113005     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0781-4     Document Type: Article

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