Hydrogeochemical study of shallow carbonate aquifers, Rameswaram Island, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4127-4138

  Krishna Kumar, S ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^b   Seralathan, P ^c   Godson, Prince S ^b   Magesh, N S ^b  

^a ST PETER S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonates aquifers; Groundwater quality assessment; Heavy metals; Hydrogeochemistry; Major ions; Rameswaram

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARBONATE AQUIFER; CARBONATE WEATHERING; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GIBBS DIAGRAM; GRAPHICAL PLOTS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LANGELIER SATURATION INDEX; MAJOR IONS; MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL WEATHERING; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OVEREXPLOITATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POSITIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF WATER; RAMESWARAM; SCATTER PLOTS; STUDY AREAS; WATER INTERACTIONS; WATER SAMPLES;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM ION;

AQUIFER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ACIDITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LEACHING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALINITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; METALS; MINERALS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA; RAMESWARAM ISLAND; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84864829022     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2249-6     Document Type: Article

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