Storm disturbance of sediment contaminants at a hot-spot in the Baltic sea assessed by 234Th radionuclide tracer profiles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 984-990

  Kersten, Michael ^a   Leipe, Thomas ^b   Tauber, Franz ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CAPPING;

SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; THORIUM; THORIUM 234; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORM; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; FLY ASH; PLUME; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SMELTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; THORIUM; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GALE;

EID: 13844275014     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049391y     Document Type: Article

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