Status of anthropogenically induced metal pollution in the Kanpur-Unnao industrial region of the Ganga Plain, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-33

  Ansari, A A ^a   Singh, I B ^b   Tobschall, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pollution; Ganga Plain; Heavy metals; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; HEAVY METALS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; TRANSITION METALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRAINAGE BASIN; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0032995802     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050397     Document Type: Article

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