Hydrochemical evaluation of shallow groundwater aquifers: a case study from a semiarid Himalayan foothill river basin, northwest India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 7187-7200

  Kshetrimayum, K S ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial plain; Aquifer horizon; Ion exchange; Markanda River basin and northwest India; Piedmont zone; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; NANOCLUSTERS; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; GROUNDWATER LEVEL VARIATION; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; RIVER BASINS; SEMIARID; SEMIARID CLIMATIC CONDITION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

ION EXCHANGE;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; LITHOLOGY; PH; PIEDMONT; RIVER BASIN; SAND AND GRAVEL; SEMIARID REGION; SHALLOW WATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; MARKANDA BASIN;

EID: 84944174776     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4697-8     Document Type: Article

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