Assessment of trace element contamination in soils around Chinnaeru River Basin, Nalgonda District, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1021-1037

  Machender, G ^a   Dhakate, Ratnakar ^b   Tamma Rao, G ^b   Loukya, G ^a   Reddy, M N ^c  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Degree of contamination; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEAD; NICKEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RUBIDIUM; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATERSHEDS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENRICHMENT; FERTILIZER; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GEOGENIC SOURCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; CHINNAERU BASIN; INDIA; NALGONDA;

EID: 84884148050     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2192-z     Document Type: Article

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