Metal fractionation studies in surfacial and core sediments in the Achankovil River basin in India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 121, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 77-102

  Prasad, M Bala Krishna ^a   Ramanathan, A L ^a   Shrivastav, Sunil Kr ^a   Anshumali, ^a   Saxena, Rajinder ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achankovil River; Anthropogenic factor; Enrichment factor; Heavy metals; Selective sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTOR; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; SELECTIVE SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; MICA; MINERAL; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; LITHOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER BASIN; SAND; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACHANKOVIL RIVER; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 33750321721     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9108-2     Document Type: Article

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