Heavy metals concentration in soils of southeastern part of Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Dantu, Sujatha ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Degree of contamination; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Heavy metals; Ranga Reddy district; Surface soil

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; RANGA REDDY DISTRICT; SURFACE SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; RUBIDIUM; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACES; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ENRICHMENT; HEAVY METAL; INFILTRATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RANGA REDDY; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58649119085     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0195-8     Document Type: Article

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