Spatial variability of groundwater quality of Sabour block, Bhagalpur district (Bihar, India)

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1997-2008

  Verma, D K ^a   Bhunia, Gouri Sankar ^b   Shit, Pravat Kumar ^c   Kumar, S ^a   Mandal, Jajati ^a   Padbhushan, Rajeev ^a  

^a BIHAR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b IGSC Planetarium   (India)

^c Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater quality; RBF model; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IONS; IRRIGATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; POTABLE WATER; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; WATER QUALITY;

BICARBONATE IONS; CA 2+; CARBONATE IONS; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION MODELS; SOURCE OF WATERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

GROUNDWATER;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GIS; GROUNDWATER; IONIC COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

BHAGALPUR; BIHAR; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 85044834184     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-016-0380-9     Document Type: Article

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