GIS based hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater quality in Nagapattinam district, Tamilnadu, India

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-210

  Gnanachandrasamy, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Ramkumar, Thirunavukkarsu ^a   Venkatramanan, Senapathi ^a   Anithamary, Irudhayanathan ^a   Vasudevan, Sivaprakasam ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater quality; Nagapattinam; Sea water incursion; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PH; SALINE INTRUSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIA; NAGAPATTINAM; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84866762110     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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