Origin and dynamics of groundwater salinity in the alluvial plains of western Delhi and adjacent territories of Haryana State, India

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2333-2345

  Lorenzen, Gunnar ^a   Sprenger, Christoph ^a   Baudron, Paul ^b   Gupta, Dinesh ^c   Pekdeger, Asaf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; India; Inland salinity; Semiarid; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; INLAND SALINITY; SEMIARID; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALTS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

DELHI; HARYANA; INDIA;

EID: 84863870917     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8311     Document Type: Article

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