High Cu and Cd pollution in sediments from Sisimiut, Greenland. Adsorption to organic matter and fine particles

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 195-199

  Ottosen, Lisbeth M ^a   Villumsen, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clay fraction; Greenland; Heavy metal; Organic matter; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CLAY FRACTIONS; FINE FRACTION; FINE-PARTICLES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GREEN LAND; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METALORGANICS; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33751558095     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-006-0045-2     Document Type: Article

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