Mapping of coastal aquifer vulnerable zone in the south west coast of Kanyakumari, South India, using GIS-based DRASTIC model

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kaliraj, S ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^a   Peter, T Simon ^a   Selvakumar, S ^a   Magesh, N S ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer vulnerability; DRASTIC model; GIS and remote sensing; Groundwater contamination; Kanyakumari; South India

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; DETERIORATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC MINING; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; MAPPING; MAPS; MICA; PLACER MINING; PLACERS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; DRASTIC MODEL; GIS AND REMOTE SENSING; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; KANYAKUMARI; SOUTH INDIA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; RAIN; SEA WATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHARNOCKITE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; GARNET BIOTITE GNEISS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; INDIA; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RELIABILITY; ROCK; SAND; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE MINING; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIA; KANYAKUMARI; TAMIL NADU;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84957411648     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4073-2     Document Type: Article

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