Assessment of heavy metal contamination in coastal lake sediments associated with urbanization: Southern Kerala, India

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-112

  Sheela, A M ^a   Letha, J ^b   Joseph, S ^c   Thomas, J ^c  

^a Directorate of Environment and Climate Change   (India)

^b Directorate of Technical Education   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Akkulam Veli; Contamination; Geoaccumulation Index; Heavy metal pollution; India; Kerala; Kerala khondalite rock average; Pollution Load Index

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COPPER; DISCHARGE; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 84862321629     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2012.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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