Heavy metal index and geographical information system (GIS) approach to study heavy metal contamination: a case study of north Chennai groundwater

Abstract Fifty-four groundwater samples were collected from the highly industrialized area of north Chennai. These groundwater samples were tested for Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and Cr in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods of 2015–2016. Most of the samples in the area were found to have high concentra...

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Main Authors: S. R. Mahapatra, T. Venugopal, A. Shanmugasundaram, L. Giridharan, M. Jayaprakash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Applied Water Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-020-01321-0