Modelling the fate and transport of nickel in the Mersey Estuary

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 825-847

  Hartnett, Michael ^a   Lin, Binliang ^b   Jones, Peter D ^c   Berry, Alan ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d MarCon Computations International Limited   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Heavy metal modeling; Mersey Estuary; Nickel modeling; Partition coefficient; Sediment modeling

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

HEAVY METAL MODELING; MERSEY ESTUARY; NICKEL MODELING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENT MODELING;

NICKEL;

HEAVY METAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SAFETY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646870618     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520600614454     Document Type: Article

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