Hydrogeochemistry and groundwater quality appraisal of part of south Chennai coastal aquifers, Tamil Nadu, India using WQI and fuzzy logic method

Applied Water Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-350

  Kumar, S Krishna ^a   Bharani, R ^b   Magesh, N S ^c   Godson, Prince S ^c   Chandrasekar, N ^c  

^a ST PETER S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PRATHYUSHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chennai City; Coastal aquifers; Geochemistry; Groundwater quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FUZZY LOGIC; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

CA 2+; CHENNAI; CHENNAI CITY; COASTAL AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; SAMPLING POINTS; SO 4 2-; TAMIL NADU;

AQUIFERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL AQUIFER; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 85114065505     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-013-0148-4     Document Type: Article

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