Mapping of fluoride ions in groundwater of dindigul district, tamilnadu, india—using gis technique

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-439

  Ramachandran, Manivannan ^a   Sabarathinam, Chidambaram ^a   Ulaganthan, Karmegam ^a   Paluchamy, Anandhan ^a   Sivaji, Manikandan ^a   Hameed, Shahul ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Centre for Water Resources Development and Management India   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Groundwater; Sources; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027921097     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0216-0     Document Type: Article

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