Heavy metal contamination of river Yamuna, Haryana, India: Assessment by Metal Enrichment Factor of the Sediments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 265-270

  Kaushik, A ^a   Kansal, Ankur ^a   Santosh, ^a   Meena, ^a   Kumari, Shiv ^a   Kaushik, C P ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Heavy metals; Plants; River; Sediments; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED SITES; DRINKING WATERS; ENRICHMENT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATIONS; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL ENRICHMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; PLANTS; PLANTS GROWING; POLLUTION LOADS; RIVER WATERS;

AQUACULTURE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY WATER; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METALS; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOACCUMULATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; OXYGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; HARYANA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 61349181918     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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