Environmental geochemistry and quality assessment of surface and subsurface water of Mahi River basin, western India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1231-1250

  Sharma, Anupam ^a   Singh, Abhay Kumar ^b   Kumar, Kamlesh ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogeochemical process; Hydrogeochemistry; Mahi River basin; Sodium adsorption ratio; Water quality assessment; Weathering

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER BASINS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; PROCESS CONTROL; RATING; RIVERS; SILICA; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; IRON; IRRIGATION; KAOLINITE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SILICATE; SODIUM; SOLUTE; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

INDIA; MAHI RIVER;

EID: 84856364395     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1371-7     Document Type: Article

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