Baseline
A baseline study of physico-chemical parameters and trace metals in waters of Ennore Creek, Chennai, India

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Acknowledgments

The study forms part of the DST-FIST program awarded to Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Madras and University Grants Commission-Special Assistance Programme (Phase II) and COSIST program awarded to Department of Geology, University of Madras. The authors thank Dr. B.J. Richardson and Dr. N. Rajeshwara Rao for fine-tuning the manuscript.

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