Assessment of groundwater quality for irrigational use in Cumbum valley, Madurai district, Tamilnadu, India

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Venkateswaran, S ^a   Vijay Prabhu, M ^a   Mohammed Rafi, M ^a   Vallel, K L K ^a  

^a PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cumbum valley; Diagram; Doneen's diagram; Groundwater quality; Irrigation; U.S. salinity laboratory; Wilcox diagram

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

CUMBUM VALLEY; DIAGRAM; DONEEN'S DIAGRAM; HIGH PERMEABILITY; IRRIGATION USE; PIPER TRILINEAR DIAGRAM; SUBSURFACE WATERS; WILCOX DIAGRAM;

GROUNDWATER;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CROP PRODUCTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; SAMPLING; SOIL PROFILE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CUMBUM VALLEY; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 80054060428     PISSN: 09726268     EISSN: 23953454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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