Distributions of contaminant concentration and particle size in fluvial sediment

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3473-3477

  Fontaine, T A ^a   Moore, T D ^b   Burgoa, B ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Roy F Weston Inc   (United States)

^c CDM Federal   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cesium; Contaminated sediment; Contamination; Particle size distribution; Pipet; Sediment; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IMPURITIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; PIPET PROCEDURE;

CONTAMINATION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0034285030     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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