A study on soil physico-chemical, microbial and metal content in Sukinda chromite mine of Odisha, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2487-2497

  Das, S ^a   Ram, S S ^b   Sahu, H K ^c   Rao, D S ^d   Chakraborty, A ^b   Sudarshan, M ^b   Thatoi, H N ^a  

^a Biju Patnaik University of Technology   (India)

^b UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Hexavalent chromium; Metals tolerance; Microbial population; Mine environment; Soil physico chemical characteristics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMITE; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METAL IONS; METALS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; MICROBIAL GROUPS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY;

INDIA; ODISHA; SUKINDA;

EID: 84906946310     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2074-4     Document Type: Article

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