Concentrations and contamination trends of heavy metals in the sediment cores of Taihu Lake, East China, and their relationship with historical eutrophication

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Jin, Zhangdong ^a,b   Cheng, Hangxin ^c,d   Chen, Li ^e   Li, Xiangdong ^f   Zhu, Guangwei ^b   Zhuang, Guangmin ^d   Qian, Na ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION   (China)

^e SINOPEC   (China)

^f HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Heavy metal pollution; Shallow lake sediment; Taihu Lake, East China

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACID LEACHING FRACTION; DEGREE OF POLLUTIONS; EAST CHINA; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; METAL CONTAMINATION; SHALLOW LAKES; SOURCE COMPOSITION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COPPER; EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; ZINC;

CHINA; JIANGSU; MEILIANG BAY; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 77952816460     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11631-010-0033-x     Document Type: Article

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