Heavy metal pollution status in the sediment layer in World Heritage Site: Indian Sundarbans estuarine region

Shankhadeep Chakraborty, Abhijit Mitra
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Authors

  • Shankhadeep Chakraborty Techno India University, Salt Lake campus, Kolkata- 700092
  • Abhijit Mitra University of Calcutta, 34, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata- 700019

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/2525-2518/56/4/9815

Keywords:

Geoaccumulation index, copper, lead, cadmium, Indian Sundarbans

Abstract

Heavy metals have a great ecological significance due to their toxicity and accumulative behavior. The geoaccumulation index (Igeo) in 12 stations in the UNESCO declared World Heritage Site- Indian Sundarbans estuarine region (i.e Kakdwip, Harinbari, Chemaguri, Sagar South, Lothian island, Jambu island, Frasergunge, Gosaba, Chotomollakhali, Bali island, Sajnekhali and Bagmara) were calculated for the year 2016. The sediment pollution was investigated by following the concentration of 3 heavy metals namely copper, lead and cadmium. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) was used for analysis. According to the geoaccumulation index (Igeo) the results of all the 10 stations were analyzed and discussed in details.

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Published

06-08-2018

How to Cite

[1]
S. Chakraborty and A. Mitra, “Heavy metal pollution status in the sediment layer in World Heritage Site: Indian Sundarbans estuarine region”, Vietnam J. Sci. Technol., vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 474–481, Aug. 2018.

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Environment