Heavy metal assessment using geochemical and statistical tools in the surface sediments of Vembanad Lake, Southwest Coast of India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5899-5915

  Paneer Selvam, A ^a   Laxmi Priya, S ^a   Banerjee, Kakolee ^a   Hariharan, G ^a   Purvaja, R ^a   Ramesh, R ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Heavy metal; Multivariate statistics; Pollution load index; Sediment; Vembanad lake

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY AND WET; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; METAL CONTENT; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; POLLUTION INTENSITY; POLLUTION LOADS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXIDE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENRICHMENT; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; LAKE SEDIMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; LAKES; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; KERALA; VEMBANAD LAKE;

EID: 84866563661     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2389-8     Document Type: Article

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