Spatial trends in uranium distribution in groundwaters of Southwest Punjab, India - A hydrochemical perspective

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1937-1945

  Rishi, Madhuri S ^a   Keesari, Tirumalesh ^b   Sharma, Diana A ^a   Pant, Diksha ^b   Sinha, Uday K ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Geogenic uranium; Hydrochemical correlations; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDIA; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 85009739493     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-017-5178-1     Document Type: Article

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