Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater in neyveli basin, Cuddalore district, South India

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 319-330

  Prasanna, M V ^a   Chidambaram, S ^b   Senthil Kumar, G ^c   Ramanathan, A L ^d   Nainwal, H C ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Powertech Engineering LLC   (Oman)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogeochemistry; Ionexchange; Neyveli basin; Saturation index; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928574328     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0191-5     Document Type: Article

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