Distribution of copper, zinc, lead and cadmium concentrations in stream sediments from the Mapocho River in Santiago, Chile

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 91, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 71-80

  Segura, R ^a   Arancibia, V ^a   Zuniga M C ^a   Pasten P ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Lead; Sequential extraction; Stream sediment Chile; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; ZINC;

CHILE; MAPOCHO RIVER; METROPOLITANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748419527     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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