GIS-based colour composites and overlays to delineate heavy metal contamination zones in the shallow alluvial aquifers, Ankaleshwar industrial estate, south Gujarat, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-129

  Kumar, Suyash ^a   Shirke, K D ^a   Pawar, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater contamination; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFILTRATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CONTAMINATION ZONES; MULTICOMPONENT OVERLAYS;

HEAVY METALS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COMPOSITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INFILTRATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TOXICITY;

ANKLESHWAR; ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA;

EID: 38849187961     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0799-2     Document Type: Article

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