Geochemical data as indicators of environmental change and human impact in sediments derived from downstream marshes of an ephemeral river, Northeast China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1261-1270

  Wang, Guo Ping ^a   Zhai, Zheng Li ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Geochemical indicator; Geochemical phases of elements; Major and trace elements; Marsh sediments; Xianghai Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; GEOCHEMICAL PHASES OF ELEMENTS; MARSH SEDIMENTS; XIANGHAI WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DEGRADATION; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPLOITATION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARSH; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINIZATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL EROSION; TRACE ELEMENT; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUOLIN RIVER; JILIN; XIANGHAI;

EID: 38049032446     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0714-x     Document Type: Article

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