Sediment and hydro biogeochemistry of Lake Nainital, Kumaun Himalaya, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 775-788

  Purushothaman, P ^a   Mishra, S ^b   Das, A ^b   Chakrapani, G J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Geochemical processes; Nainital; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; NAINITAL; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATIONS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; TRACE METAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; LAKES; METALS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TOURIST DESTINATION;

INDIA; NAINI LAKE; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84889572100     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1123-8     Document Type: Article

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