Dredged river sediments: Potential chemical time bombs? A case study

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 49-66

  Cappuyns, Valérie ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Devivier, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Oxidation; pH; River sediments

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POREWATER ANALYSIS; RESUSPENSION; RIVER SEDIMENTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DREDGE SPOIL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; PH; POREWATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDGE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SUSPENSION; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645835187     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9012-y     Document Type: Article

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