Elemental characteristics of surface suspended particulates off the Changjiang estuary during the 1998 flood

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-334

  Hsu, Shih Chieh ^a   Lin, Fei Jan ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Changjiang; East China Sea; Flooding; Pollutants; Suspended particulate matter; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLUX; ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; CHANGJIANG RIVER MOUTH; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EAST CHINA SEA; EF VALUE; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD PEAK; FLOOD PERIODS; HANGZHOU BAY; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STUDY AREAS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BARIUM; COASTAL ZONES; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ESTUARIES; FLOOD CONTROL; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

DATA SET; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FLOODING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; HANGZHOU BAY; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE VALLEY; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 77950915637     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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