Effects of hydrological processes on the chemical composition of riverine suspended sediment in the Zhujiang River, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2365-2373

  Gao, Quanzhou ^a   Tao, Zhen ^a,b   Xie, Meiqi ^a   Cui, Kunyan ^a   Zeng, Feng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorbability; Hydrological processes; Metal element; Organic matter; Riverine suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

HYDROLOGICAL PHASES;

RIVERS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL;

CHINA;

PEUCEDANUM SANDWICENSE;

EID: 0043290006     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1246     Document Type: Article

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