Sediment budgets and metal fluxes in two contrasting urban lake catchments in Coventry, UK

Applied Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-210

  Charlesworth, S M ^a   Foster, I D L ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enrichment ratios; Heavy metal fluxes; Sediment budgets; Transport and consumption related heavy metals; Urban lake sediments

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LAKE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032812086     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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