Distribution of heavy metals in sediment and water of river Gomti

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 419-433

  Gaur, Vivek K ^a   Gupta, Sanjay K ^a   Pandey, S D ^a   Gopal, Krishna ^a   Misra, Virendra ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Heavy metals; Lead; Sediment; Zincand water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RIVERS; ZINC;

CONTAMINATED SITES; DOMESTIC WASTES; SEASONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; OXYGEN; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GOMTI RIVER; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; WORLD;

HANUMAN;

EID: 15544363539     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-6395-6     Document Type: Article

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