Holocene Records of Human Driven Geological Impacts in a Ramsar Wetland of India

The present study evaluated the extent of accumulation of heavy/trace metals in the recent sediments of Ashtamudi Wetland System (AWS), a Ramsar Site located in the Southern State of India, Kerala; using Contamination Factor (CF), Pollution Load Index (PLI) and Geo-accumulation Index (Igeo) in 4 sub-environments of AWS; viz: Ashtamudi Main Kayal, ChavaraKayal, Kureepuzha- KandachiraKayals and …