Assessment of groundwater quality with special emphasis on fluoride contamination in crystalline bed rock aquifers of mettur region, tamilnadu, india

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-94

  Srinivasamoorthy, Krishnaraj ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Kannusamy ^a   Vasanthavigar, Murugesan ^a   Sarma, Subramanya ^b   Chidambaram, Sabarathinam ^a   Anandhan, Paluchamy ^a   Manivannan, Rama ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Factor analysis; Fluoride; Hydrofacies; Saturation indices; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890553378     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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