Evaluation of hydrogeochemistry and water quality in Bist-Doab region, Punjab, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 693-706

  Purushothaman, P ^a,b   Someshwar Rao, M ^a   Rawat, Y S ^a   Kumar, C P ^a   Krishan, Gopal ^a   Parveen, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifers; Bist Doab, Punjab, India; Chemical weathering; Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemistry; Ion exchange; Irrigation water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CANALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; PUNJAB , INDIA;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; KANDI; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 84904406700     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2992-9     Document Type: Article

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