Source apportionment and pollution evaluation of heavy metals in water and sediments of Buriganga River, Bangladesh, using multivariate analysis and pollution evaluation indices

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bhuiyan, Mohammad Amir Hossain ^a,b   Dampare, Samuel B ^c   Islam, M A ^d   Suzuki, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Buriganga River; Heavy metals; Pollution load index; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FACTORIZATION; HEAVY METALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; BURIGANGA RIVERS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL EVALUATIONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POLLUTION LOAD INDICES; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

BANGLADESH; BURIGANGA RIVER; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84957414276     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4075-0     Document Type: Article

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