Anthropogenic nexus on organochlorine pesticide pollution: A case study with Tamiraparani river basin, South India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3861-3873

  Kumarasamy, P ^a   Govindaraj, S ^a   Vignesh, S ^a   Babu Rajendran, R ^a,b   Arthur James, R ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ArcGIS; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Organochlorine pesticides; Tamiraparani

Indexed keywords

ARCGIS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; TAMIRAPARANI;

INSECTICIDES; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; MITOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; GIS; HCH; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDIA; LEACHING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER LEACHING; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; THAMIRABARANI RIVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863745251     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2229-x     Document Type: Article

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