Accessing groundwater quality in lower part of Nagapattinam district, Southern India: using hydrogeochemistry and GIS interpolation techniques

Applied Water Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-55

  Gnanachandrasamy, G ^a   Ramkumar, T ^a   Venkatramanan, S ^b   Vasudevan, S ^a   Chung, S Y ^b   Bagyaraj, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemistry; IDW; Interpolation; Nagapattinam

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; MAPS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GEOCHEMICALS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH SALINITY; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; IDW; INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES; NAGAPATTINAM; SOUTHERN INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

INTERPOLATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INTERPOLATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; NAGAPATTINAM; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84971615673     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-014-0172-z     Document Type: Article

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