The conservative behaviour of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb) and as in the surface plume of stratified estuaries: Example of the Rhone river (France)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-310

  Elbaz Poulichet, Fraņoise ^a,b   Garnier, Jean Marie ^a   Guan, Dao Ming ^a,c   Martin, Jean Marie ^a,d   Thomas, Alain J ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Inst of Mar Environ Protection   (China)

^d Centre Commun de Recherche   (Italy)

Author keywords

arsenic; distribution coefficient; estuary; pollution; Rhone; suspended matter; trace metals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONSERVATIVE BEHAVIOUR; COPPER; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARY; LEAD; NICKEL; RIVER PLUMES; STRATIFIED ESTUARIES; SUSPENDED MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METALS;

FRANCE, BOUCHES DU RHONE, RHONE DELTA; FRANCE, BOUCHES-DU-RHONE, RHONE RIVER;

EID: 0030088582     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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