An assessment of multielemental composition in stream sediments of Kupa River drainage basin, Croatia for evaluating sediment quality guidelines

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 561-575

  Franciskovic Bilinski, Stanislav ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anomalies determination; Chemical composition; Cluster analysis; Kupa River drainage basin; Mineral composition; Stream sediments

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOXICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KUPA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249307522     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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