Trace element chemistry of major rivers in Orissa State, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 132-141

  Konhauser, K O ^a   Powell, M A ^b   Fyfe, W S ^b   Longstaffe, F J ^b   Tripathy, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Orissa State Pollution Control Board   (India)

Author keywords

Indian rivers; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVER; RIVER WATER QUALITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIA, ORISSA, BAITARANI RIVER; INDIA, ORISSA, BRAHMANI RIVER; INDIA, ORISSA, MAHANADI RIVER;

EID: 0030617475     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050111     Document Type: Article

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