Environmental Tritium (3H) and hydrochemical investigations to evaluate groundwater in Varahi and Markandeya river basins, Karnataka, India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Ravikumar, P ^a   Somashekar, R K ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Markandeya river; Tritiated water; Tritium; Varahi river

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; H-CONTENT; HYDROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROCHEMICALS; KARNATAKA; MARKANDEYA RIVER; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NITRATE LEVELS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BASINS; ROCK FORMATIONS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SOURCES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TRITIATED WATER; VARAHI RIVER; WATER INTRUSIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; TRITIUM; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FERTILIZER; FLUORINE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; TRITIUM;

DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFLOW; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITRATE; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIONUCLIDE; RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; SALINE INTRUSION; TRITIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PH; PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASIN; ROCK; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; MAGNESIUM; NITRATES; TRITIUM;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; VARAHI BASIN;

EID: 78651236147     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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