Heavy metals in freshly deposited sediments of the Gomati River (a tributary of the Ganga River) effects of human activities

Environmental Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 246-252

  Singh, M ^a,b   Ansari, A A ^b,c   Muller G ^a   Singh, I B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Sediment India

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL; RIVER; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, LUCKNOW; INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, GOMATI RIVER;

EID: 0030620628     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050123     Document Type: Article

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