Chemical composition of sediments and suspended matter from the Cauvery and Brahmaputra rivers (India)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 212, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 89-105

  Dekov, V M ^a   Araujo F ^a   Van Grieken, R ^a   Subramanian, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra River; Cauvery River; Chemical composition; Mass accumulation rates; Sediments; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RIVER WATER; SILICON; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; RIVER; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY CONTAMINATION; SUSPENDED MATTER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBANIZATION; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

INDIA, BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; INDIA, CAUVERY RIVER;

EID: 0344301924     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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