Heavy metal concentrations in sediment deposits on the Tar River floodplain following Hurricane Floyd

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1103-1111

  Pease, Patrick ^a   Lecce, Scott ^b   Gares, Paul ^b   Rigsby, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Floodplain; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; HEAVY METALS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS;

FLOODPLAINS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DEPOSITION; RIVER BASINS;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; HURRICANE; REMEDIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TAR BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846605453     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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