Assessment of contamination of soil due to heavy metals around coal fired thermal power plants at Singrauli region of India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-223

  Agrawal, Prashant ^a   Mittal, Anugya ^a   Prakash, Rajiv ^b   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Singh, T B ^a   Tripathi, S K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fly ash; Metal; Power Plant; Soil

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS; COAL FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANTS; MADE-TO-MEASURE; STUDY AREAS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ARSENIC; BYPRODUCTS; CADMIUM; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; METALS; NICKEL; SOILS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; POWER PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77956095245     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0043-8     Document Type: Article

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