Selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface soils from three major states from the northeastern part of India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6667-6676

  Devi, Ningombam Linthoingambi ^a,b   Chakraborty, Paromita ^c,d   Shihua, Qi ^a   Zhang, Gan ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Manipur; Organochlorine pesticides; Surface soil; Tripura

Indexed keywords

ASSAM; MANIPUR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; SURFACE SOIL; TRIPURA;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL SURVEYS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; ISOMER; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; PESTICIDES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASSAM; INDIA; MANIPUR; TRIPURA;

EID: 84879841380     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3055-5     Document Type: Article

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