Geochemical assessment of groundwater quality in the Dun valley of central Nepal using chemometric method and geochemical modeling

Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 135-145

  Raju, N Janardhana ^a   Patel, Priyanka ^a   Gurung, Deepa ^a   Ram, Prahlad ^b   Gossel, Wolfgang ^c   Wycisk, Peter ^c  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correlation; Groundwater quality; GWQI; Nepal; Saturation indices; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; KAOLINITE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY INDICES; GWQI; NEPAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SATURATION INDEX; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 84971350871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2352801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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