Characterization and evaluation of processes governing the groundwater quality in parts of the Sabarmati basin, Gujarat using hydrochemistry integrated with GIS

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1538-1551

  Rina, Kumari ^a   Datta, P S ^b   Singh, Chander Kumar ^a   Mukherjee, Saumitra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Evaluation; GIS; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Processes; Sabarmati basin; Saturation index

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; AGRICHEMICALS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; GRAPHICAL PLOTS; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MAJOR FACTORS; NATURAL PROCESS; PHREEQC; POST-MONSOON; PROCESSES; RIVER BASINS; SABARMATI BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATURATION INDEX; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

DATABASE; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

GUJARAT; INDIA; SABARMATI BASIN;

EID: 84860505290     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8284     Document Type: Article

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