Geochemical characterization of groundwater from an arid region in India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4869-4888

  Keesari, Tirumalesh ^a   Kulkarni, U P ^a   Deodhar, Archana ^a   Ramanjaneyulu, P S ^a   Sanjukta, A K ^a   Saravana Kumar, U ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Evaporative enrichment; Hydrochemistry; Incongruent dissolution; Kachchh; Leaching

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOTOPES; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; INCONGRUENT DISSOLUTIONS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; KACHCHH; LITHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ARID REGION; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; ENRICHMENT; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; RECHARGE; SALINITY; TRACE METAL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH; WATER QUALITY;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 84900328798     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2878-x     Document Type: Article

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