Resuspension of contaminated field and formulated reference sediments Part I: Evaluation of metal release under controlled laboratory conditions

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1824-1831

  Cantwell, Mark G ^a,b   Burgess, Robert M ^a   King, John W ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

AVS; Desorption; Dredging; Metals; Resuspension; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORECASTING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

AQUATIC SYSTEMS; AVS; BINDING PHASIS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DISSOLVED METAL CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED METALS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GRAIN SIZES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL RELEASES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PARTITIONING BEHAVIORS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PREDICTED VALUES; RESUSPENSION; RESUSPENSION EVENTS; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TREATMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; VOLATILE SULFIDES; WATER COLUMNS;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SULFIDE; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTITIONING; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; GRAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LABORATORIES; METALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 55249090135     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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