Geochemical Assessment in a Creek Environment in Mumbai, West Coast of India

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-54

  Fernandes, Lina L ^a   Nayak, Ganapati N ^a  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

anthropogenic; creek; metals; Mumbai; pollution indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859492128     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2011.643340     Document Type: Article

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