Characterization of groundwater contaminant sources in the coastal sand dune aquifer, Prakasam district, A.P. India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3453-3466

  Reddy, D V ^a   Nagabhushanam, P ^a   Madhav, T ^a   Chandrakala, P ^a   Reddy, A G S ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CGWB RGNGWTRI   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture contamination; Coastal aquifers; Hydrochemistry; Nitrate contamination; Salinization; Village environment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; RURAL AREAS; SALINE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SALINIZATION; VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL AQUIFER; DUNE; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IONIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SALINIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VILLAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; PRAKASAM;

EID: 84937974936     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4381-z     Document Type: Article

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