Heavy metal conservation in Lake Cadagno sediments: Historical records of anthropogenic emissions in a meromictic alpine lake

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 679-687

  Birch, Linda ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt W ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic emissions; Cadmium; Conservation and accumulation; Heavy metals; Lead; Sediments; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC; MARKER; SULFIDE; WATER;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; INDUSTRY; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SWITZERLAND; ANOXIA; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LAKE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANOXIA; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL; LAKE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS, LAKE CADAGNO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029668306     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00231-6     Document Type: Article

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