Sedimentation and trace metal distribution in selected locations of Sundarbans mangroves and Hooghly estuary, Northeast coast of India

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-42

  Banerjee, Kakolee ^a   Senthilkumar, B ^a   Purvaja, R ^a   Ramesh, R ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

210Pb dating; Enrichment factor; Hooghly estuary; Mass accumulation rates; Sundarbans mangroves; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ENRICHMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD-LEAD DATING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WETLANDS;

HOOGHLY ESTUARY; INDIA; SUNDARBANS; WEST BENGAL;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84855593156     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-011-9388-0     Document Type: Article

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