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Lakshmanan Elango is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable specialization in groundwater studies and geochemistry.

Their published work spans several key areas within these fields, including groundwater and isotope geochemistry, groundwater and watershed analysis, hydrology and watershed management studies, water quality and pollution assessment, flood risk assessment and management, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and water resources management and optimization.

Elango has contributed research articles to a variety of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Earth System Science
  • Sustainability
  • Water

Noteworthy recent papers authored by Elango include:

  • "Groundwater quality assessment and application of multivariate statistical analysis in Luvuvhu catchment, Limpopo, South Africa," 2020, Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • "GIS and AHP Based Groundwater Potential Zones Delineation in Chennai River Basin (CRB), India," 2022, Sustainability
  • "Long-term exposure to chromium contaminated waters and the associated human health risk in a highly contaminated industrialised region," 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Human health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulations for groundwater with uranium in southern India," 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • "The State-of-the-Art Estimation of Groundwater Recharge and Water Balance with a Special Emphasis on India: A Critical Review," 2021, Sustainability

Elango has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • K. Brindha
  • RamyaPriya Ramesh
  • Puthan Veettil Razi Sadath
  • Mariappan Rinisha Kartheeshwari
  • M. Thabrez

The scientist's expertise spans several subfields of study, which further delineate their focus areas and methodologies. These subfields include water science and technology, geochemistry and petrology, environmental engineering, global and planetary change, and artificial intelligence.

Best Publications

  • Groundwater quality and its suitability for drinking and agricultural use in Chithar River Basin, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. Subramani;L. Elango;S. R. Damodarasamy

  • Identification and evolution of hydrogeochemical processes in the groundwater environment in an area of the Palar and Cheyyar River Basins, Southern India

    N. Rajmohan;L. Elango

  • Groundwater geochemistry and identification of hydrogeochemical processes in a hard rock region, Southern India.

    T. Subramani;N. Rajmohan;L. Elango

  • Groundwater quality and its suitability for domestic and agricultural use in Tondiar river basin, Tamil Nadu, India

    K Ramesh;L Elango

  • Fluoride contamination in groundwater in parts of Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

    K. Brindha;R. Rajesh;R. Murugan;L. Elango

  • Fluoride in Groundwater: Causes, Implications and Mitigation Measures

    K. Brindha;L. Elango

  • Geological and geomorphological controls on groundwater occurrence in a hard rock region

    S. P. Rajaveni;Karthikeyan Brindha;L. Elango

  • Human exposure risk to heavy metals through groundwater used for drinking in an intensively irrigated river delta

    E. Vetrimurugan;K. Brindha;L. Elango;Osman Muzi Ndwandwe

  • Chapter 11 Rock–water interaction and its control on chemical composition of groundwater

    L. Elango;R. Kannan

  • Human Exposure Risk Assessment Due to Heavy Metals in Groundwater by Pollution Index and Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Case Study from South Africa

    Vetrimurugan Elumalai;K. Brindha;Elango Lakshmanan

  • Assessment of hydrochemistry and groundwater quality in the coastal area of South Chennai, India

    P. J. Sajil Kumar;L. Elango;E. J. James

  • Identification of surface water-groundwater interaction by hydrogeochemical indicators and assessing its suitability for drinking and irrigational purposes in Chennai, Southern India

    K. Brindha;K. V. Neena Vaman;K. Srinivasan;M. Sathis Babu

  • Nutrient chemistry of groundwater in an intensively irrigated region of southern India

    N. Rajmohan;N. Rajmohan;L. Elango

  • Influence of hydrogeochemical processes on temporal changes in groundwater quality in a part of Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, India

    R. Rajesh;K. Brindha;R. Murugan;L. Elango

  • Fluoride in weathered rock aquifers of southern India: Managed Aquifer Recharge for mitigation.

    Karthikeyan Brindha;G. Jagadeshan;L. Kalpana;L. Elango

  • Characterization of mechanisms and processes of groundwater salinization in irrigated coastal area using statistics, GIS, and hydrogeochemical investigations

    Hazar Bouzourra;Rachida Bouhlila;L. Elango;Fairouz Slama

  • Hydrogeochemical processes and influence of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

    G Kanagaraj;L Elango;S G D Sridhar;G Gowrisankar

  • Spatial interpolation methods and geostatistics for mapping groundwater contamination in a coastal area

    Vetrimurugan Elumalai;K. Brindha;Bongani Sithole;Elango Lakshmanan

  • Cross comparison of five popular groundwater pollution vulnerability index approaches

    Karthikeyan Brindha;L. Elango

  • Geochemical Characteristics and Groundwater Quality in the Vientiane Plain, Laos

    Karthikeyan Brindha;Paul Pavelic;Touleelor Sotoukee;Somphasith Douangsavanh

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wintgens
Thomas Wintgens University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Paul L. Younger
Paul L. Younger University of Glasgow
Frank Stagnitti
Frank Stagnitti Deakin University
Peiyue Li
Peiyue Li Chang'an University
Paul Pavelic
Paul Pavelic International Water Management Institute
Marc Leblanc
Marc Leblanc University of Avignon
Christine Stumpp
Christine Stumpp BOKU University
Bridget R. Scanlon
Bridget R. Scanlon The University of Texas at Austin

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