Major ion chemistry of shallow groundwater of a fast growing city of Central India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2405-2418

  Marghade, Deepali ^a   Malpe, D B ^b   Zade, A B ^a  

^a LAXMINARAYAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Groundwater quality; Major ions; Nitrate pollution; Shallow aquifers; Silicate weathering

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; MAJOR IONS; NITRATE POLLUTION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SILICATE WEATHERING;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ACID; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SILICATE; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WELL WATER;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION; NITRATE; SILICATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC STRENGTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; IONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; NAGPUR;

EID: 84862901119     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2126-3     Document Type: Article

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