Reservoir sedimentation and environmental degradation: Assessing trends in sediment-associated trace elements in Grenada Lake, Mississippi

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 815-825

  Bennett, Sean J ^a   Rhoton, Fred E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; FISH; FLOOD CONTROL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

ECOLOGIC INDICES; GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES; SEDIMENT TEXTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALUMINUM; CESIUM 137; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MISSISSIPPI; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34248327837     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0296     Document Type: Article

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