Major ion chemistry of the Son River, India: Weathering processes, dissolved fluxes and water quality assessment

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1293-1309

  Maharana, Chinmaya ^a   Gautam, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Singh, Abhay Kumar ^b   Tripathi, Jayant K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Flux and denudation rates; Ganga basin; Hydrogeochemistry; Son River; Water quality; Weathering

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

GANGES BASIN; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; SON RIVER;

EID: 84940062599     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-015-0599-0     Document Type: Article

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