Assessment of soil quality for agricultural purposes around the Barapukuria coal mining industrial area, Bangladesh: insights from chemical and multivariate statistical analysis

Abstract Background Barapukuria coal mine which has been operating from 2002 is situated in such a location that is dependent on agriculture. Pollution from Coal mining poses a huge risk to the ecosystem and surrounding soil. So, there could be some impact of the Barapukuria coal mine on the surroun...

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Main Authors: Md. Mustafizur Rahman, M. Farhad Howladar, Mohammed Omar Faruque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Environmental Systems Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40068-017-0101-x