Application of geospatial modelling technique in delineation of fluoride contamination zones within Dwarka Basin, Birbhum, India

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1105-1114

  Thapa, Raju ^a   Gupta, Srimanta ^a   Reddy, D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b CSIR National Geophysical Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Dwarka Basin; Fluoride; Groundwater; India; Potential fluoride contamination zone; Weighted overlay method

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BIRBHUM; DWARKA BASIN; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 85008223876     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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