Publications by authors named "Dil Khurram"
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- The Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is threatened by heavy metal pollution, which impacts both ecology and human health.
- This study utilized machine learning methods on 199 sediment samples to create predictive models for heavy metal accumulation, finding that the extremely randomized tree model performed best for most metals.
- The results highlight severe sediment contamination, particularly with cadmium, and underscore the need for integrated management and conservation efforts to address heavy metal risks in this critical ecosystem.
The water level fluctuation zone (WLFZ) of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) acts as an important sink for inflowing suspended sediment loads over the inundation periods following regular dam operations. This study depicts the sedimentary geochemical dynamics along a sedimentary profile based on the determined chronology and explores its links to the specific hydrological regime created by dam flow regulation and riverine seasonal suspended sediment dynamics. A compact 345-cm-long sediment core was extracted near the base water level (145.
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