Assessment of sources for higher Uranium concentration in ground waters of the Central Tamilnadu, India

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Adithya, V S ^a   Chidambaram, S ^a   Tirumalesh, K ^b   Thivya, C ^a   Thilagavathi, R ^a   Prasanna, M V ^c  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; MICA; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

BIOTITE GNEISS; GROUND WATER TABLE; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; HEALTH EFFECTS; MAJOR CATIONS; MINERAL WEATHERING; RESIDENCE TIME; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84968623993     PISSN: 17578981     EISSN: 1757899X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/121/1/012009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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