Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soils at Jajmau (Kanpur) and Unnao industrial areas of the Ganga Plain, Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Srinivasa Gowd, S ^a,b   Ramakrishna Reddy, M ^b   Govil, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Heavy metal pollution in soil; India; Kanpur Unnao

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTION; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN SOIL; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HOLOCENES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LEATHER PROCESSING; PHILIPS; PLEISTOCENE; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SEMI ARID; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY AREAS; TANNERY INDUSTRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRY; METALS; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDIA; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANPUR; SOUTH ASIA; UNNAO; UTTAR PRADESH;

INDIA; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 71849085216     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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