Trace element concentration in groundwater, Tuticorin city, Tamil Nadu, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 876-879

  Kumar, S Krishna ^a,b   Magesh, N S ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ST PETER S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Pollution vulnerability; Trace elements; Tuticorin city

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; INDUSTRIAL AREA; TAMIL NADU; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TUTICORIN CITY;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84861936801     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0614-y     Document Type: Article

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