Impact of anthropogenic input on physicochemical parameters and trace metals in marine surface sediments of Bay of Bengal off Chennai, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 95-114

  Raju, Kannan ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Kannan ^a   Seshachalam, Srinivasalu ^b   Muthumanickam, Jayaprakash ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic input; Chennai coast; Enrichment factors; Geoaccumulation index; Heavy metal pollution; Pollution assessment; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; CHENNAI COAST; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CADMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHENNAI; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 79959751299     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1621-2     Document Type: Article

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