Effect of external shipping traffic on the transport of polluted sediments into the inner city canals of Delft (The Netherlands)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 63-70

  Kelderman, P ^a   Kassie, Dessalegn Bezabih ^a   Bijlsma, M ^a   Okonkwo, L C ^a   Doppenberg, A A T ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Delft Municipality   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow measurements; Heavy metals; Inner city canals; Sediment transport; Sediment traps; Shipping traffic

Indexed keywords

POLLUTED SEDIMENTS;

CANALS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

CANAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTED SEDIMENT; VESSEL;

CANAL; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SOLID;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SHIPPING; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THICKNESS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

NETHERLANDS, DELFT;

EID: 0031842112     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00183-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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