Seasonal variation of water table and groundwater quality of the karst aquifer of the Jaffna Peninsula-Sri Lanka

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Joshua, W D ^a   Thushyanthy, M ^b   Nanthagoban, N ^b  

^a not available   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Limestone aquifer; Water quality; Water table

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876515042     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v41i1.5326     Document Type: Article

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