Dust deposition in a sub-tropical opencast coalmine area, India

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Pandey, Sudhir Kumar ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a   Mishra, Virendra Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coalmine; Dust fall; Seasonal variation; Sub tropical; Water soluble and insoluble matter

Indexed keywords

COAL MINE; DUST; OPENCAST MINING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HUMAN; INDIA; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPIC CLIMATE; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35649003222     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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