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GIS based modelling of soil contamination - A threat to agriculture by Dindigul tanneries [1]

In developing country like India greater attention has been focused so far only on the ground water pollution. Unlike water the study on the soil contamination has not been much attended yet. In this background, it becomes necessary to study the soil contamination in Dindigul, where the soil is mostly degraded by tannery effluents.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
S. Vasantha Kumar [2], N. Vaani [3]
Pollution Research [4]
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Tags:
Land Pollution [5], Leather Industry [6], Industrial Pollution [7], Industrial Waste Treatment [8], Waste Disposal [9], Geographical Information Systems (GIS) [10], India [11], Tamil Nadu [12], Dindigul (T) [13]
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