31Jan 2017

“A STUDY ON THE STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF URANIUM ION IN GROUNDWATER OF CUDDALORE DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA”.

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  • Assistant Professor, Department of Earth sciences, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India.
  • Professor, Department of Earth sciences, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India.
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The present study aim to examine mapping of uranium distribution in the Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Uranium is a relatively abundant element with the highest atomic number of all naturally occurring elements. The occurrences of groundwater are identified porous formation and in fractured and the weathered hard rock aquifer matrix. The geology of the district underline by different range of age from oldest Archean rocks to recent sediments. The study area occupy in 3,678 Sq.km. Totally 93 groundwater samples were collected during Pre- Monsoon, 2015. The collected samples were analyzed for major cations and anions in standard scientific manner. U was analyzed by using laser fluorimeter. The uranium concentration in the groundwater of this region ranges from 0.1 ppb to 24.67 ppb with an average of 1.82 ppb. The analysis results shows the following order of dominance of ion Cl->H4SiO4>HCO3->NO3- > Na+> Ca2+> Mg2+>K+>SO4-> F-> PO4-. It is inferred that most of the samples are fresh to slightly saline in nature. The spatial interpolation maps were prepared for demarcating the Uranium enriched region. Thus the regions with higher “U” concentration were delineated and the process responsible for the higher U was determined by statistical analysis.

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[Paramaguru P, Anandhan P, Chidambaram S. Nepolian M.and Devaraj N. (2017); “A STUDY ON THE STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF URANIUM ION IN GROUNDWATER OF CUDDALORE DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA”. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2921-2929] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

P.PARAMAGURU
Department of Earth sciences, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3093      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3093

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