Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soils around Balanagar industrial area, Hyderabad, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 945-953

  Machender, G ^a   Dhakate, Ratnakar ^a   Prasanna, L ^a   Govil, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Degree of contamination; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Heavy metal

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BATTERY MANUFACTURING; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; CONTAMINATION SITES; DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION; EARTH'S CRUST; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HYDERABAD; HYDERABAD , INDIA; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY AREAS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BARIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; LEAD; METALS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RUBIDIUM; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOMOBILE; CORRELATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; GEOACCUMULATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; URBANIZATION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA;

EID: 79958190839     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0763-4     Document Type: Article

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