Heavy metals fractionation in Ganga river sediments, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 475-489

  Purushothaman, P ^a   Chakrapani, G J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Ganga River; Heavy metals; Metal fractionation; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL FRACTIONS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; METAL ENRICHMENT FACTORS; METAL FRACTIONATION; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; RESIDUAL FRACTION;

COPPER; HEAVY METALS; METALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SULFIDES;

EID: 38449121406     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9550-9     Document Type: Article

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