Characterization of groundwater composition in Punjab state with special emphasis on uranium content, speciation and mobility

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-254

  Kumar, Ajay ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Rout, Sabyasachi ^a   Mishra, Manish K ^a   Ravi, P M ^a   Ghosh, A K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Isotopic composition; Piper plot; Tds; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900844664     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ract-2014-2109     Document Type: Article

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