Hydrochemical characteristics and salinity of groundwater in parts of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry, India

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-13

  Gopinath, S ^a   Srinivasamoorthy, K ^a   Vasanthavigar, M ^b   Saravanan, K ^a   Prakash, R ^a   Suma, C S ^a   Senthilnathan, D ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ADHIPARASAKTHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Factor analysis; Hydrochemistry; Ionic ratio; Salinization

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC COMPOSITION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDIA; NAGAPATTINAM; PUDUCHERRY; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84962009996     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: 18785212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13146-016-0300-y     Document Type: Article

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