Loadings, dynamics and response time of seven metals in Hamilton Harbour: Results of a mass balance study

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 623-641

  Diamond, Miriam ^a   Ling Lamprecht, Helen W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hamilton harbour; Mass balance model; Metals; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DYNAMICS; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

CHEMICAL DYNAMICS; FUGACITY AQUIVALENCE MODEL; HAMILTON HARBOUR; LAKE ONTARIO; LOADINGS; LOWEST EFFECT LEVEL; MASS BALANCE MODELS; RESPONSE TIME; SEVERE EFFECT LEVEL;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029722218     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1996.035     Document Type: Article

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