Toxic trace element pollution in ground waters around Patancheru and Bolaram industrial areas, Andhra Pradesh, India: A graphical approach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-80

  Shivkumar, K ^a   Pande, A K ^a   Biksham, G ^b,c  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Begumpet ^*  (India)

^c World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer application; Industrial water; Toxic trace elements; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; PAINT; SELENIUM; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENGINEERING; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SOIL; WATER POLLUTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, BOLARAM; INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, NAKKAVAGU BASIN; INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, PATANCHERU;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DISTRIBUTION DIAGRAMS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030615858     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005713707060     Document Type: Article

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