Ground Water Quality Maps of Paravanar River Sub Basin, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-581

  Aravindan, S ^a   Shankar, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Quality; Spatial interpolation; Stiff diagram

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALKALINE WATER; CHLORIDE; COAL MINE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZER; INTERPOLATION; LIGNITE; MINERALIZATION; RIVER BASIN; SOLVENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CUDDALORE; INDIA; NEYVELI BASIN; PARAVANAR RIVER; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 82955163250     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0152-9     Document Type: Article

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