Hydrochemical characteristics of coastal aquifers of Kadaladi, Ramanathapuram District, Tamilnadu, India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 603-612

  Sivasubramanian, P ^a   Balasubramanian, N ^a   Soundranayagam, John Prince ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^b  

^a V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemical facies; Groundwater; Ionic ratios; Kadaladi; Tamilnadu

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PROCESS CONTROL; SALINE WATER; SILICATES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMICAL FACIES; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GEOCHEMICALS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; IONIC RATIOS; KADALADI; STUDY AREAS; TAMILNADU;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; RAMANATHAPURAM; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84919907153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-013-0108-z     Document Type: Article

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