Major ions and trace elements of two selected rivers near Everest region, southern Himalayas, Nepal

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Paudyal, Rukumesh ^a,b,c,d   Kang, Shichang ^a,e   Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^c,d,f   Tripathee, Lekhendra ^c,g   Huang, Jie ^g   Rupakheti, Dipesh ^b,g   Sillanpää, Mika ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Himalayan Environment Research Institute (HERI)   (Nepal)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^f KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dudh Koshi; Indrawati; Major ions; Nepal; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BARIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; IONS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POLLUTION; RIVERS; STRONTIUM; TURBIDITY; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; CARBONATE WEATHERING; DUDH KOSHI; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; INDRAWATI; MAJOR IONS; NEPAL; RIVER WATER QUALITY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ION; PH; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

DUDH KOSHI RIVER; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL];

EID: 84950313885     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4811-y     Document Type: Article

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