Nickel in the Humber plume: Influences of particle dynamics and reactivity

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 821-832

  Millward, G E ^a   Sands, T K ^a   Nimmo, M ^a   Turner, A ^a   Tappin, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Dissolved; Fluxes; Mixing; Nickel; Reactivity; Suspended particulate

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NICKEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ENGLAND; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036558733     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0859     Document Type: Article

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