Spatial distribution of trace metals in the Krka River, Croatia: An example of the self-purification

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1559-1566

  Cukrov, Neven ^a   Cmuk, Petra ^a   Mlakar, Marina ^a   Omanović, Dario ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Karst; Krka River; River water; Self purification; Stripping voltammetry; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; DISSOLUTION; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METAL REFINING; METALS; PARKS; PURIFICATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRIPPING (DYES); TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLTAMMETRY; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

CROATIA; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; FRESH WATERS; HANGING MERCURY DROP ELECTRODE; KARST; KRKA RIVER; NATIONAL PARKS; PB AND CU; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RIVER WATER; SELF-PURIFICATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE METALS; TRACE-METAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

CATCHMENT; ELECTRODE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SELF PURIFICATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROATIA; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KRKA RIVER [CROATIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47149109044     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.038     Document Type: Article

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