Spatial and multivariate analysis of trace elements in the surface water and deep sediments of fresh water aquatic ecosystem

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-122

  Arunachalam, Kantha Deivi ^a   Annamalai, Sathesh Kumar ^a   Baskaran, Kamesh Viswanathan ^a   Rajaram, S ^b   Jha, S K ^b   Sreedevi, ^b  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Contaminant factor; Enrichment factor; Nagarjuna Sagar Dam; Pollution load index

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GEOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84897086753     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2014.102.122     Document Type: Article

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