Hydro-geochemistry plays a vital role in sustainable development, but only a few reviews have documented the development in this eld. It is a bibliometric visualization based on the Web of Science database through Biblioshiny and VOSviewer to analyze the current status of hydrogeochemical research from 2002-2022. In recent years, there has been a signi cant increase in scienti c studies investigating the hydrogeochemical characterization of glacier meltwater. The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database helped to retrieve the research papers published in conjunction with hydrogeochemical investigations of glacier meltwater between 2002 and 2022. From the beginning of 2002 till July 2022, a total of 6035 publications on the hydrogeochemical study of glacier meltwater were compiled. The number of publications produced from the United States of America (USA) and China accounts for about half (50%) of all publications from the top 10 countries. The ndings of this study demonstrated that there had been an increase in research into hydrogeochemistry at higher altitudes, but the results have not shown any signi cant differences. However, developed nations, particularly the United States, emphasize hydrogeochemical research more than developing nations. However, there is not a single nation that consistently advances research in hydrogeochemistry at high elevations. Because of this, additional research might be conducted worldwide utilizing innovative techniques and resources in this research domain. In addition, our understanding of glacier meltwater's role in stream ow components is limited and needs to be expanded through further research in the future.
Hydro-geochemistry plays a vital role in sustainable development, but only a few reviews have documented the development in this field. It is a bibliometric visualization based on the Web of Science database through Biblioshiny and VOSviewer to analyze the current status of hydrogeochemical research from 2002–2022. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in scientific studies investigating the hydrogeochemical characterization of glacier meltwater. The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database helped to retrieve the research papers published in conjunction with hydrogeochemical investigations of glacier meltwater between 2002 and 2022. From the beginning of 2002 till July 2022, a total of 6035 publications on the hydrogeochemical study of glacier meltwater were compiled. The number of publications produced from the United States of America (USA) and China accounts for about half (50%) of all publications from the top 10 countries. The findings of this study demonstrated that there had been an increase in research into hydrogeochemistry at higher altitudes, but the results have not shown any significant differences. However, developed nations, particularly the United States, emphasize hydrogeochemical research more than developing nations. However, there is not a single nation that consistently advances research in hydrogeochemistry at high elevations. Because of this, additional research might be conducted worldwide utilizing innovative techniques and resources in this research domain. In addition, our understanding of glacier meltwater's role in streamflow components is limited and needs to be expanded through further research in the future.
The current investigation primarily concerns groundwater potability and irrigational value in the urban area of Patna.Hydrogeochemical processes in uence human health by controlling the quality of groundwater. In this research, we evaluated the interplay between several measures of groundwater quality, the various possible causes of groundwater pollution, and the resulting health risks. Twenty groundwater samples were taken from various locations and examined to determine the water quality. Groundwater and associated geochemical processes in the study area were analyzed using statistical methods, geochemical modelling, and graphical representations. The average EC of the groundwater in the examined area was 728.13 ± 331.84 µS/cm, with a range of around 300-1700 µS/cm. Positive loadings were seen for Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), Electrical Conductivity (EC), Calcium (Ca 2+ ), Magnesium (Mg 2+ ), Sodium (Na + ), Chloride (Cl − ), and Sulphate (SO 4 2− ) in principal component analysis (PCA), demonstrating that these variables accounted for 61.78% of the total variance. In the groundwater samples, the following main cations are the most prevalent such as Na + > Ca 2+ > Mg 2+ > K + , while the dominant anions are HCO 3 − > Cl − > SO 4 2− . The elevated HCO 3 − and Na + ions indicate that carbonate mineral dissolution might affect the study area. The result demonstrated that there are 70% of samples fall into the Na-Cl-SO 4 type, 15% of samples fall into mixed Ca-Na-HCO 3 type, and 5% of samples that fall into the mixed Ca-Mg-Cl type and Na-HCO 3 type, and no samples that fall into the Ca-Cl type. The ndings make it abundantly evident that the primary groundwater salinity is far higher than the secondary salinity produced because of the weathering of the bedrock. The presence of the NaHCO 3 kind of water is suggestive of shallow meteoric water, which may have originated from the river Ganga that is located nearby. The interactions between water and rock could have naturally resulted in the creation of these clusters inside the aquifer matrix. The results show that a multivariate statistical analysis, graphical plots, and geochemical modelling successfully identify the parameters controlling groundwater quality.
Groundwater plays a vital role in global climate change and substantial human needs. However, the groundwater potential zone (GWPZ) delineation is essential for fulfilling livelihood needs. In recent years, studies based on geographic information systems (GIS) have acquired much attention in groundwater exploration. Therefore, in this study, we use a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) based analytical hierarchy process (AHP) model, with overlay weighted linear combination method, to identify the groundwater potential zone in the state of Uttarakhand. Remote sensing (RS) images and conventional data for a geographic information system (GIS) were used to generate nine thematic layers, geomorphology, geology, LULC, drainage density, slope, Rainfall, soil, TWI, and curvature for groundwater potential zone demarcation. In addition, the AHP technique was used to identify the weight of the parameters and GIS tools for the overlay analysis. To determine the groundwater potential zone, a thematic map was given ratings of 'very poor', 'poor', 'moderate', 'good', 'very good' and 'excellent'. The results reveal that the area covered in the 'very poor' categories is 187.43 km2 (0.16%), 'poor' 2109.66 km2 (3.99%), 'moderate' 29024.06 km2 (54.78%), 'good' 15151.13 km2 (28.67%), 'very good' 6537.19 km2 (12.37%), and 'excellent' 814.84 km2 (1.55%) accordingly. The 'very poor' and 'moderate' groundwater potential zones were observed at 0.16% and 54.78%, respectively, and the possibility for GPZ gradually increased from the northeast to the southwest. The findings of this study have implications for future research on sustainable groundwater use, basin management, agriculture, and the link between groundwater and climate change.
This research focuses on a bibliometric analysis of research on aerosols' impact on the glaciers in the Indian Himalayan region (IHR) published in journals from all subject categories based on the Science Citation Index Expanded, collected from the Web of Science and Scopus database between the years 2002 and April 2022. The indexing phrases like "aerosol," "glacier," and "snow" are commonly used terms and have been utilized to collect the related publications for this investigation. The document selections were based on years of publication, authorship, the scientific output of authors, distribution of publication by country, categories of the subjects, and names of journals in which scholarly papers were published. The journal's impact factor trend, citation trend, and the count of keywords used by authors were also included. The number of articles on aerosols accelerating the melting of glaciers shows a notable increase in recent years, along with more glacier melting results from countries involved in climate science research. China (382) was the country with the highest publication output on aerosols accelerating the melting of glaciers. The United States (367) was the most cited country with about 17500 total citations and 80.40 average citations per year from 2002-April 2022. The results reveal that research trends in the glaciers on aerosols' impact on the glaciers have been attractive in recent years, and the number of articles in this field keeps increasing fast.
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