Temporal-spatial trends in heavy metal contents in sediment-derived soils along the Sea Scheldt river (Belgium)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Vandecasteele, B ^a   De Vos, B ^a   Tack, F M G ^b  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alluvial plain; Dredged sediments; Heavy metals; Landfills; Sea Scheldt

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

POLLUTION LEVELS; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DREDGING; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; NETHERLANDS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

BELGIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NETHERLANDS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0037809362     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00282-8     Document Type: Article

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