Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soils around chromite mining areas, Nuggihalli, Karnataka, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 699-708

  Krishna, A Keshav ^a   Mohan, K Rama ^a   Murthy, N N ^a   Periasamy, V ^a   Bipinkumar, G ^a   Manohar, K ^a   Rao, S Srinivas ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Index of geo accumulation; Pollution index; Soils; Spatial distribution; XRF

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INDEX OF GEO ACCUMULATIONS; POLLUTION INDEX; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRIES; XRF;

CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; COPPER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHROMITE; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; MINE; MINING; SCHIST; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; NUGGIHALLI BELT;

EID: 84883456325     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2153-6     Document Type: Article

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