Assessment of the pollution status of alluvial plains: A case study for the dredged sediment-derived soils along the Leie River

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-22

  Vandecasteele, Bart ^a   Quataert, Paul ^a   De Vos, Bruno ^a   Tack, Filip M G ^b  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ZINC;

DREDGING; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LEIE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RIPARIA;

EID: 2942577373     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-3014-4     Document Type: Article

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