A comprehensive geochemical evaluation of the water quality of River Adyar, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Venugopal, T ^a   Giridharan, L ^a   Jayaprakash, M ^a   Velmurugan, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; River Adyar; Trace metal chemistry; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; DATA MATRIXES; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POSTMONSOON PERIODS; QUALITY OF WATERS; RAINY SEASONS; RIVER COURSES; RIVER WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SODIUM ABSORPTION RATIOS; TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SODIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

INDIA; IONS; URBANIZATION; WATER;

EID: 58249112977     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9533-3     Document Type: Article

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