The geochemistry of Seine River Basin particulate matter: Distribution of an integrated metal pollution index

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 328, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 219-236

  Meybeck, Michel ^a   Horowitz, Arthur J ^b   Grosbois, Cecile ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Equipe Dynamique ETM hydr'Asa L   (France)

Author keywords

Contamination; Flood plain deposits; Heavy metals; Metal pollution index; Seine basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; RIVERS;

METAL POLLUTION INDEX (MPI); TEMPORAL TRENDS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTIMONY; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; LITHIUM; MERCURY; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLOODPLAIN; HEAVY METAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEWAGE; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUARTZ; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942733259     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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