Assessment of groundwater quality in and around Vedaraniyam, South India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2211-2225

  Krishnakumar, P ^a   Lakshumanan, C ^a   Kishore, V Pradeep ^a   Sundararajan, M ^b   Santhiya, G ^a   Chidambaram, S ^c  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Land use; South India; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893865026     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2626-2     Document Type: Article

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