Magnetic signature of heavy metals pollution of sediments: Case study from the East Lake in Wuhan, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1639-1650

  Yang, Tao ^a   Liu, Qingsheng ^a   Chan, Lungsang ^b   Liu, Zhendong ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

East Lake; Heavy metals; Lake sediments; Magnetic susceptibility; Pollution; Wuhan city

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES; MAGNETIC PARTICLES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN;

PYRUS; SPHERULES;

EID: 34447636199     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0609-2     Document Type: Article

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