Metal release from bottom sediments of Ocoee Lake No. 3, a primary catchment area for the Ducktown Mining District

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 344-352

  Lee, Giehyeon ^a   Faure, Gunter ^b   Bigham, Jerry M ^b   Williams, David J ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PH; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FOOD CHAIN; SORBED METALS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UPSTREAM SYSTEMS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; METAL RECOVERY; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 40849087927     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0223     Document Type: Article

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