Partitioning of trace metals in suspended sediments from Huanghe and Changjiang Rivers in Eastern China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 243-258

  Peng, Shu Heng ^a,b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^b   Chen, Jingsheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Changjiang River; Distribution coefficient; Huanghe River; Radiotracer; Suspended sediment; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METAL ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS;

TRACE METALS;

SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM 109; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM 51; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL; TRACER; ZINC; ZINC 65;

PARTITIONING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL; TRACER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METAL BINDING; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PH MEASUREMENT; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHANGJIANG RIVER; CHINA; HUANGHE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 0141504159     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025445709276     Document Type: Article

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