A. Antony Ravindran

Abdul Nassir

Abdul Rahim

Acworth

Ahmed Ali

Alagarsamy

Antony Ravindran

Balasubramanian

Barker

Basak

Dahlin

Ebraheem

Edet

Griffiths

Laluraj

Lawrence

Marui

Nielsen

Ramanujam

Swartz

Abstract
               Groundwater is a very important component of water resources in coastal aquifers in Thoothukudi. It has been established that the groundwaters in the coastal zone of the Zirconium Complex, Pazhayakayal, Thoothukudi district, Tamilnadu, India, are subjected to wave and tidal impact. The groundwater quality was studied by hydrogeological methods, 2D electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) techniques (six profiles), 11 Wenner vertical electrical sounding (VES), and well log analysis. Also, nine geochemical water samples were taken from the study area. The 2D ERI and VES surveys were carried out using WGMD-4 Ltd., Chennai, resistivity meter, multicore cable, and multielectrodes with Wenner array. The collected resistivity data were interpreted using the Res2DINV software. The research shows that the groundwaters are the result of the paleoriver flow along the Tamirabarani Channel in the western area and of the seawater intrusion in the eastern area. The fresh water is characterized by resistivity of about 10–100 Ohm⋅m in the study area. The resistivity of 10–50 Ohm⋅m indicates that the subsurface section is made up of sand, clay, and caliche. Resistivity values of more than 200 Ohm⋅m are specific to sand dunes. The very low resistivity (&amp;lt;5 Ohm⋅m) layer might be due to the seawater intrusion in the study area. Six water samples from the well drilled in the coastal area were analyzed, which made it possible to determine the concentrations of major and trace elements in the groundwaters. These data were used to establish the seawater intrusion and coastal environment characteristics in the study area.</jats:p

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Coastal-zone shallow-aquifer characterization study using geoelectrical and geochemical methods in Zirconium Complex, Atomic Energy, Pazhayakayal, Thoothukudi, India

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