Changes in water quality index of Ganges river at different locations in Allahabad

Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-76

  Sharma, Prerna ^a   Meher, Prabodha Kumar ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^b   Gautam, Yogendra Prakash ^c   Mishra, Kaushala Prasad ^a  

^a Nehru Gram Bharati University   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Health Physics Unit   (India)

Author keywords

Ganges; Major ions; Pearson's correlation matrix; Physicochemical parameters; Post monsoon; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927759666     PISSN: 22126139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.swaqe.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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