Hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater in the plains of Phalgu River in Gaya, Bihar, India

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3257-3267

  Ranjan, Rajesh Kumar ^a,b   Ramanathan, A L ^b   Parthasarathy, Purushothaman ^c   Kumar, Alok ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial; Anthropogenic; Aquifers; Contamination; Hydrogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; POTASH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

BIHAR; GAYA; INDIA;

GAYA;

EID: 84901280819     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0599-1     Document Type: Article

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