Enrichment of arsenic in the Quaternary sediments from Ankaleshwar industrial area, Gujarat, India: an anthropogenic influence

Arsenic (As) contamination of sediments and waters is known from Bengal and other parts of eastern and central India. However, there is paucity of reports that document occurrence of As in Quaternary sediments from western India. In this paper, we report the enrichment of As in the Quaternary sedime...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2015-09, Vol.187 (9), p.593-593, Article 593
Main Authors: Shirke, K. D., Pawar, N. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Anthropogenic factors
Arsenic
Arsenic - analysis
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Continental crust
Creeks & streams
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental impact
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data
Environmental Pollutants - analysis
Floodplains
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Groundwater
Heavy metals
India
Industrial areas
Industrial development
Land use
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Oil and gas fields
Oil fields
Particle Size
Pollution
Pollution index
Quaternary
Sediment pollution
Sediments
Toxicity
Urban areas
Vertical distribution
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Summary:Arsenic (As) contamination of sediments and waters is known from Bengal and other parts of eastern and central India. However, there is paucity of reports that document occurrence of As in Quaternary sediments from western India. In this paper, we report the enrichment of As in the Quaternary sediments of Ankaleshwar area in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Twenty-five surface and five profile samples were analyzed that indicated spatial and vertical distribution of As in the sediments. The As content of fine size fractions (
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-015-4815-9