Heavy metal removal efficiencies in a river-marsh system estimated from patterns of metal accumulation in sediments

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 335-351

  Rozan, T F ^a   Benoit, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Estuary; Model; Sediment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SILVER;

ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER FLOW;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTUARY; KINETICS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; WATER FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032836288     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00063-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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