Determining annual suspended sediment and sediment-associated trace element and nutrient fluxes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 400, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 315-343

  Horowitz, Arthur J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual fluxes; Sediment associated chemistry; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTATION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANNUAL FLUXES; AQUATIC SYSTEMS; CURRENT STATES; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; MAJOR FACTORS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLAY; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 54149097718     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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