Environmental impact assessment in the Moradabad industrial area (rivers Ramganga-Ganga interfluve), Ganga Plain, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 957-967

  Sharma, Maneesh ^a   Tobschall, Heinz Jürgen ^b   Singh, Indra Bit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ganga Plain; Geomorphology; Heavy metals; India; Sediment dispersion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

DOWNSTREAM DILUTION EFFECT;

GEOLOGY;

FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HEAVY METAL; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

GANGA PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 0037502838     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0718-5     Document Type: Article

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