Assessment of seawater impact using major hydrochemical ions: A case study from Sadras, Tamilnadu, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 315-335

  Mondal, N C ^a,c,d   Singh, V S ^a   Saxena, V K ^b   Singh, V P ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Texas A and M University ^*  (India)

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Groundwater; India; Ionic changes; Irrigation suitability; Principle component analysis; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; COASTAL AQUIFERS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; INDIA; IONIC CHANGES; LOADING FACTORS; NEGATIVE VALUES; POST-MONSOON; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

SEAWATER;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GROUND WATER; POTASSIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SODIUM; SULFUR COMPOUND; WATERSHED;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; ION EXCHANGE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIONS; CATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 79959756728     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1636-8     Document Type: Article

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