Water quality and metal enrichment in bed sediments of the rivers Kali and Hindon, India

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Kumar, Ashesh ^a,b   Kaur, Inderjeet ^a   Mathur, R P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b Shivsagar Estate   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

INDIA;

EID: 0031713414     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006537623485     Document Type: Article

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