Source term characterisation using concentration trends and geochemical associations of Pb and Zn in river sediments in the vicinity of a disused mine site: Implications for contaminant metal dispersion processes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1649-1656

  Pulford, Ian D ^a   MacKenzie, Angus B ^b   Donatello, Shane ^a   Hastings, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediment; Lead; Metal dispersal; Mine waste; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AQUA-REGIA DIGESTIONS; BCR SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIONS; CHARACTERISATION; CHEMICAL NATURES; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; CONTAMINANT METALS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DISUSED MINES; FINE SEDIMENTS; HYDRAULIC SORTING; MINE WASTE; RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SOURCE TERMS;

CONTAMINATION; FLOW FIELDS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METAL RECOVERY; MINES; MINING; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ZINC; ZINC MINES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACETIC ACID; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

ABANDONED MINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LEAD; MINE WASTE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISPERSION; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MINING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WASTE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MINING; RIVERS; SCOTLAND; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 63549098006     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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