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Environmental applications of geophysical and geochemical methods to map groundwater quality at Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India

verfasst von: Y. Srinivas, D. Muthuraj, D. Hudson Oliver, A. Stanley Raj, N. Chandrasekar

Erschienen in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Ausgabe 5/2013

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Coastal aquifers can become polluted due to natural and human activities, such as intrusion of saline water, discharge of effluents in industrial areas and chemical weathering of natural geological deposits. The present study is aimed mainly at understanding the geophysical and chemical characteristics of groundwater near Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India by studying the electrical resistivity distribution of the subsurface groundwater by applying the Schlumberger vertical electrical sounding (VES) technique followed by chemical analysis of water samples. A total of 20 VES soundings were carried out to understand the resistivity distribution of the area and 21 water samples were collected to analyze the chemical quality. The interpretation and analysis of the results have identified different hydrogeologic behaviors, a highly saline coastal aquifer and freshwater locations. The results obtained from geophysical and geochemical sampling are in good agreement with each other. The approach shows the efficacy of the combination of geophysical and geochemical methods to map groundwater contamination zones in the study area.

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Titel: Environmental applications of geophysical and geochemical methods to map groundwater quality at Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India
verfasst von: Y. Srinivas
D. Muthuraj
D. Hudson Oliver
A. Stanley Raj
N. Chandrasekar
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2013
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Ausgabe 5/2013
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Elektronische ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2502-0

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