Assessment of heavy metal contamination of sediments in popular tourist beaches of the Kerala State, southern India: Implications on textural and mineralogical affinities and mitigation

Beaches form one of the most contaminated sedimentary environments by a myriad variety of anthropogenic activities, including tourism and recreational activities. The concentrations of metals and their pollution levels were studied for four tropical tourist beaches in Kerala state, Southern India. B...

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Main Authors: Mu. Ramkumar, R. Nagarajan, P. Athira, Anupam Sharma, P. Gopika, AL Fathima, G. Sugavanam, A. Manobalaji, R. Mohanraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Geosystems and Geoenvironment
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772883823000675