Hydrochemical analysis of salinization for a tannery belt in Southern India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 235-247

  Mondal, N C ^a   Singh, V P ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Saline water mixing index (SWMI); Southern India; Tannery industries

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION MATRIX; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMICALS; INTERMIXING PROCESS; RELATIVE DEGREES; SALINE WATER MIXING INDEX (SWMI); SOUTHERN INDIA; TANNERY EFFLUENT; TANNERY INDUSTRY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER MIXING; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MIXING; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

SALINE WATER;

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BELT; CHLORIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED LOAD; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INORGANIC SALT; MATRIX; SALINIZATION; THRESHOLD; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

INDIA;

EID: 79960387723     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.058     Document Type: Article

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