Fluxes and major transport routes of Arsenic in the Scheldt estuary

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 15-30

  De Gieter, M ^a   Elskens, M ^a   Baeyens, W ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Estuary; Fluxes; Input and output; Mass balance; Mobilisation; Processes

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

EID: 18844404394     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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