Geochemical processes regulating groundwater chemistry with special reference to nitrate and fluoride enrichment in Chhatarpur area, Madhya Pradesh, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1699-1708

  Avtar, Ram ^a   Kumar, Pankaj ^b   Surjan, Akhilesh ^a,c   Gupta, L N ^d   Roychowdhury, Koel ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research   (India)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Chhatarpur District; Fluoride; Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemistry; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHHATARPUR DISTRICT; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; ROCK WATER INTERACTION;

ALKALINITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; FLUORIDE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH;

EID: 84884904332     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2257-7     Document Type: Article

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