Distribution of selected heavy metals in fluvial sediments of the coal mining region of Baixo Jacuí, RS, Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 145-154

  Teixeira, E C ^a   Ortiz, L S ^a   Alves, M F C C ^a   Sanchez, J C D ^b  

^a Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao de Ciencia e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coal; Geochemical distribution; Heavy metals; Mobility; Sediment; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOACCUMULATION INDEX;

HEAVY METALS;

COAL MINING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0035526370     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100257     Document Type: Article

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