Variation characteristics of heavy metals and nutrients in the core sediments of Taihu Lake and their pollution history

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 82-91

  Liu, Enfeng ^a   Shen, Ji ^a   Liu, Xingqi ^a   Zhu, Yuxin ^a   Wang, Sumin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Human activities; Nutrients; Pollution history; Sediments; Taihu Lake

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; HISTORY; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMICAL; TROPHIC EVOLUTION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EUTROPHICATION; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHU LAKE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33750601353     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-8108-6     Document Type: Article

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