Impact of urbanization in groundwater of south Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 947-957

  Arunprakash, M ^a   Giridharan, L ^b   Krishnamurthy, R R ^a   Jayaprakash, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Govt of Tamil Nadu ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; SAR; South Chennai

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHENNAI; ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SAR; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84927123587     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2496-7     Document Type: Article

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