Contrasting behaviour of anthropogenic gadolinium and natural rare earth elements in estuaries and the gadolinium input into the North Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 361-371

  Kulaksiz, Serkan ^a   Bau, Michael ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anthropogenic gadolinium; contrast agent; estuary; North Sea; rare earth elements; river water

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST AGENT;

COLLOIDS; ESTUARIES; GADOLINIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COLLOID; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; GADOLINIUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WESER RIVER;

EID: 34447250060     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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