Groundwater depletion and quality deterioration due to environmental impacts in Maheshwaram watershed of R.R. district, AP (India)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1707-1721

  Purushotham, D ^a   Prakash, M R ^a   Rao, A Narsing ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Piper trilinear diagram; Principal component analysis; Residual sodium carbonate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANDHRA PRADESH; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDERABAD; OVEREXPLOITATION; PIPER TRILINEAR DIAGRAM; POST-MONSOON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; STUDY AREAS; URBAN CENTERS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHLORINE; DEGRADATION; DETERIORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; SODIUM; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; MAHESHWARAM; RANGA REDDY;

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 79953164486     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0666-4     Document Type: Article

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