Distribution and fate of metals in the dispersion plume of a major municipal effluent

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-55

  Gagnon, Christian ^a   Saulnier, Isabelle ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersion plume; Environmental fate; Geochemistry; Metal; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MANGANESE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TRACE METALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; WATER;

DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLUME; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DILUTION; DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLUME;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC;

EID: 0037411176     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00433-5     Document Type: Article

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