Geochemical evolution of groundwater along flow path in Upper Vellar sub basin, Tamilnadu, India: an integrated approach using hydrochemistry, modeling and statistical techniques

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 647-658

  Saravanan, K ^a   Srinivasamoorthy, K ^a   Gopinath, S ^a   Prakash, R ^a   Suma, C S ^a   Vinnarasi, J ^a   Ponnumani, G ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Hydrochemical evolution; Multivariate statistical; PHREEQC

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FLOW FIELD; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERAL; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; VELLAR BASIN;

EID: 85065682266     PISSN: 23636203     EISSN: 23636211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40808-017-0400-2     Document Type: Article

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