Appraisal of heavy metals in groundwater in Chennai city using a HPI model

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 793-798

  Sajil Kumar, P J ^a   Davis Delson, P ^b   Thomas Babu, P ^c  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ITALCONSULT   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chennai; Heavy metal pollution index (HPI) model; Heavy metals; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CHENNAI; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRIALISATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION MAP; STANDARD METHOD; WASTE DUMPING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

COPPER;

GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84867578136     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0794-5     Document Type: Article

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