Water-soluble fraction of mercury, arsenic and other potentially toxic elements in highly contaminated sediments and soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1301-1312

  Rodrigues, S M ^a   Henriques, B ^a   Coimbra, J ^a   Ferreira da Silva, E ^a   Pereira, M E ^a   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contamination; Mobility; Potentially toxic elements; Water extraction

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; WATER EXTRACTION; WATER SOLUBLE FRACTION;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER; ZINC;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILITY; PH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; PHYTOTOXICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES;

EID: 77049097346     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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