Geochemical characteristics of water and sediment from the Dal Lake, Kashmir Himalaya: Constraints on weathering and anthropogenic activity

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-23

  Jeelani, G ^a   Shah, A Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Dal Lake; Erosion; Geoaccumulation index; Geochemistry; Kashmir Himalaya; Pollution; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; WATER; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DAL LAKE; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; KASHMIR HIMALAYA;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

BASIN; CARBONATE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SILICATE; WATER; WEATHERING;

ASIA; DAL LAKE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745075713     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0168-y     Document Type: Article

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