Geochemical analysis of Lake Bant sediments to ascertain inorganic and organic indicators for warfare residues

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-118

  Schwarzbauer, Jan ^a   Sindern, Sven ^a   Dsikowitzky, Larissa ^a,b   Liebezeit, Gerd ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c ICBM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Heavy metals; Lake Bant; Organic pollutants; Petrogenic contamination; Sediments; War related residues

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CORROSION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPLOSIVE; FILL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PETROLEUM; POREWATER; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; WAR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 73249127319     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0143-4     Document Type: Article

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