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Occurrence and distribution of selected heavy metals and boron in groundwater of the Gulf of Khambhat region, Gujarat, India

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Title Occurrence and distribution of selected heavy metals
and boron in groundwater of the Gulf of Khambhat region,
Gujarat, India
 
Creator Upadhyaya, Devang
Survaiya, Mayur D
Basha, Shaik
Mandal, Subir K
Thorat, R B
Haldar , Soumya
Goel, Sangita
Dave , Himal
Baxi, Krushnakant
Trivedi, Rohit H
Mody, Kalpana H
 
Subject Environmental Pollution
 
Description The concentration of selected heavy metals, like
As, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn as well as B, was
measured by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission
spectrometry (ICP–OES) in groundwater samples from various
locations in the Gulf of Khambhat (GoK), an inlet of the
Arabian Sea in the state of Gujarat, India, during postmonsoon,
winter, and pre-monsoon seasons in a year. Most
heavy elements are characterized by low mobility under
slightly alkaline and reducing conditions; concentrations in
confined aquifers are smaller than the maximum permissible
values for drinking water. The temporal changes indicate that
a majority of metals is entering the aquifer during monsoon.
Principle component analysis of the heavy metal data suggests
that Co, Cu, Cd, and Zn are interrelated with each other and
derived significantly from anthropogenic route, while input of
Pb and Cr may be due to atmospheric deposition in the study
area. Both weathering of rocks and anthropogenic input were
found to be main sources of elements in the groundwater. The
heavy metal levels in groundwaters of the GoK region in
comparison with some of the European and Asian sites were
higher; however, these metal levels were found to be comparable
with few urban sites in the world.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2014-03
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://neeri.csircentral.net/847/1/2014-Kalpasar-GW--final-.pdf
Upadhyaya, Devang and Survaiya, Mayur D and Basha, Shaik and Mandal, Subir K and Thorat, R B and Haldar , Soumya and Goel, Sangita and Dave , Himal and Baxi, Krushnakant and Trivedi, Rohit H and Mody, Kalpana H (2014) Occurrence and distribution of selected heavy metals and boron in groundwater of the Gulf of Khambhat region, Gujarat, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21 (5). pp. 3880-3890. ISSN 0944-1344 (Print) 1614-7499 (Online)
 
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