Environmental quantification of heavy metals in the sediments of the Brahmani and Nandira rivers, Orissa

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-492

  Rath, P ^a   Panda, U C ^c   Bhatta, D ^b   Sahoo, B N ^c  

^a KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20444416768     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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