Evaluation of hydrogeochemical parameters and quality assessment of the groundwater in Kottur blocks, Tiruvarur district, Tamilnadu, India

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Ramkumar, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Venkatramanan, Senapathi ^a   Anithamary, Irudhayanathan ^a   Ibrahim, Sheik Mohamed Syed ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater chemistry; Kelly ratio; Magnesium ratio; Piper trilinear diagram; Wilcox diagram

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; PUMP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUVARUR;

EID: 84871972374     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0327-2     Document Type: Article

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