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Fractionation of heavy metals and phosphorus in suspended sediments of the Yamuna river, India

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Title Fractionation of heavy metals and phosphorus in suspended sediments of the Yamuna river, India
 
Creator CHAKRAPANI, GJ
SUBRAMANIAN, V
 
Subject coastal marine-sediments
trace-metals
speciation
transport
mechanisms
water
rates
forms
geochemistry
metals
phosphorus
fractionation
 
Description The Yamuna river is the largest tributary of the Ganges river system. It originates in the Himalayas and flows through a varied geological terrain encompassing a large basin area. Metals Fe, Mn, Pb, Zn, Cu in different chemical fractions of suspended sediments such as exchangeable, carbonates, Fe-Mn oxides, organics and residual fractions were studied. Phosphorus associated with different chemical forms are discussed. The metals are mostly associated with residual fractions in the sediments followed by organics, Fe-Mn oxides, exchangeable and carbonates. Intensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture in the basin affects the high inorganic phosphorus content in sediments.
 
Publisher KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
 
Date 2011-08-17T05:35:56Z
2011-12-26T12:55:23Z
2011-12-27T05:38:37Z
2011-08-17T05:35:56Z
2011-12-26T12:55:23Z
2011-12-27T05:38:37Z
1996
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, 43(2), 117-124
0167-6369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00398602
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/9764
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/9764
 
Language en