Assessing variability of water quality in a groundwater-fed perennial lake of Kashmir Himalayas using linear geostatistics

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-411

  Sarah, S ^a   Jeelani, Gh ^b   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical quality; Geostatistics; Kashmir Himalayas; Major ions; Manasbal lake; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; LITHOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KASHMIR VALLEY; MANASBAL LAKE;

EID: 79959997273     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0081-6     Document Type: Article

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