A study on the significance of lithology in groundwater quality of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu (India)

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1365-1387

  Thivya, C ^a   Chidambaram, S ^a   Singaraja, C ^a   Thilagavathi, R ^a   Prasanna, M V ^b   Anandhan, P ^a   Jainab, I ^c  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c ALAGAPPA GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Domestic and drinking; Groundwater quality; Lithology; South India

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CORROSION; CRYSTALLINITY; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL; PERMEABILITY; TERRAIN; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; MADURAI; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84883656128     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9439-z     Document Type: Article

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