Mobilisation of sediment-associated metals from historical Pb working sites on the River Sheaf, Sheffield, UK

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Hutchinson, Simon M ^a   Rothwell, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Historical contamination; Metals; Pb smelting; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METAL WORKING; METALS; MICROFLUIDICS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MASS FLUXES; METAL LEVELS; SHEFFIELD (CO); SHEFFIELD , UK; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBURBAN AREAS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL PATTERN (TRAP);

METAL ANALYSIS;

LEAD; METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GUIDELINE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; MASS TRANSPORT; MOBILIZATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SMELTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VALLEY;

ARTICLE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; METALLURGY; METALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WORKPLACE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEAF RIVER; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46049093451     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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