Geochemical studies to delineate topsoil contamination around an ash pond of a coal-based thermal power plant in India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-97

  Praharaj, T ^a   Tripathy, S ^b   Powell, Ma ^c   Hart, B R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination index; Enrichment factor; Fly ash; Lognormal distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COAL ASH; COBALT; CONTAMINATION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POWER PLANTS; SOILS;

THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0346040092     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0860-8     Document Type: Article

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