An evaluation of fresh water sediments contamination: The Lachine Canal sediments case, Montreal, Canada. Part I: Quality assessment

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 259-279

  Galvez Cloutier, Rosa ^a   Dubé, Jean Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediments; Heavy metals; Pollution indices; Quality criteria; Sediment quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; POLLUTION INDICES (PI); QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; LEAD; NICKEL; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLAY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032032179     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004989708355     Document Type: Article

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