Identification and evaluation of hydrogeochemical processes on river Cooum, South India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 277-289

  Giridharan, L ^a   Venugopal, T ^a   Jayaprakash, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; River Cooum; Seasonal variations; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RIVER WATER; ROCK WATER INTERACTION; SALIENT FEATURES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOUTH INDIA; STUDY AREAS; TRACE METAL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SAMPLES;

CALCIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; IONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; RIVER WATER; SODIUM ION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

FRESH WATER; GEOLOGY; INDIA; METALS; SEASONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COOUM RIVER; INDIA;

EID: 76449117725     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0795-y     Document Type: Article

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