Variation in groundwater levels and water quality in Chhatna Block, Bankura district, West Bengal - A GIS approach

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-280

  Nag, S K ^a   Ghosh, P ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Kelly's ratio; Magnesium adsorption ratio; Piper's diagram; Residual sodium carbonate; Sodium adsorption ratio; Total hardness; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HARDNESS; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; TOXICITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

BANKURA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84876262457     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-013-0029-3     Document Type: Article

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