Assessment of the levels of coastal marine pollution of Chennai city, Southern India

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1187-1206

  Shanmugam, Palanisamy ^a   Neelamani, S ^b   Ahn, Yu Hwan ^a   Philip, Ligy ^b   Hong, Gi Hoon ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical and biological pollutants; Chennai city; Coastal aquifer; Coastal marine pollution; Physical; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUTRIENTS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE PIPELINES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COASTAL AQUIFER; HYDROLOGICAL POLLUTION; SURF ZONE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE PIPELINES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 34547738447     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9075-6     Document Type: Article

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