Modelling diagnosis of heavy metal (copper) transport in an estuary

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 234-249

  Liu, Wen Cheng ^a   Chang, Shu Wei ^b   Jiann, Kuo Tung ^c   Wen, Liang Saw ^d   Liu, Kon Kee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Copper; Danshuei River estuary; Heavy metal transport; Hydrodynamic; Modelling; Residual circulation; Salinity; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

DANSHUEI RIVER ESTUARY; RESIDUAL CIRCULATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

COPPER;

COPPER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESTUARY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

COPPER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SALINITY; TAIWAN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; DANSHUEI ESTUARY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAHAN STREAM; TAIWAN;

EID: 37849011581     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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