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Management of Water, Energy and Bio-resources in the Era of Climate Change: Emerging Issues and Challenges pp 97–112Cite as

Stable Isotopic Signatures for Hydrogeochemical Characterisation of Ground Water from Pondicherry to Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

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Groundwater recharge is a critical hydrological parameter. Identification of recharge zones and recharge estimates are essential to water resources management (Scanlon and Cook, 2002; Raju et al., 2006). In recent years, the overgrowing population and climate change are putting water resources under pressure all over the world. Sustainable management of aquifers to meet human and ecosystem needs will require protection of recharge areas and their augmentation (Reddy et al., 2000).

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Acknowledgement

The authors wish to express thanks to Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) for providing necessary financial support to carry out this study and author R.T. wishes to express thanks to DST for providing the Inspire fellowship (DST/Inspire Fellowship/2010/[220] 18 March, 2011).

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 608002, Chidambaram, India

    S. Chidambaram, R. Thilagavathi & G. Johnson Babu

  2. SOE, IAD, HIS, BARC, Mumbai, India

    K. Tirumelesh

  3. Department of Applied Geology, School of Engineering & Science, Curtin University, Sarawak Malaysia, CDT 250, Miri, 98009, Malaysia

    M. V. Prasanna

  4. Hydrogeologist, State Groundwater Department, Pondicherry, India

    S. Pethaperumal

  5. Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Kelakarai, Tamil Nadu, India

    P. Paramaguru

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Chidambaram, S. et al. (2015). Stable Isotopic Signatures for Hydrogeochemical Characterisation of Ground Water from Pondicherry to Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. In: Raju, N., Gossel, W., Ramanathan, A., Sudhakar, M. (eds) Management of Water, Energy and Bio-resources in the Era of Climate Change: Emerging Issues and Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05969-3_9

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