Assessment of the environmental significance of heavy metal pollution in surficial sediments of the River Po

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-768

  Farkas, Anna ^a   Erratico, Claudio ^b   Viganò, Luigi ^b  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contaminant metals; Index of geoaccumulation; Sediment quality guidelines; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINANT METALS; INDEX OF GEOACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE OXIDE; NICKEL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; PROBABILITY; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAMBRO RIVER; LOMBARDY; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247117299     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.099     Document Type: Article

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