Quantifying sediment-associated metal dispersal using Pb isotopes: Application of binary and multivariate mixing models at the catchment-scale

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2158-2169

  Bird, Graham ^a   Brewer, Paul A ^a   Macklin, Mark G ^a   Nikolova, Mariyana ^b   Kotsev, Tsvetan ^b   Mollov, Mihail ^c   Swain, Catherine ^a  

^a Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c Executive Environmental Agency Ministry of Environment and Waters   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Metals; Mixing models; Pb isotopes; Sediment dispersal

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXING; CONTAMINANT METALS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; MINING ACTIVITIES; MIXING MODELS; MULTI-ELEMENT; PB ISOTOPES; POLYMETALLIC ORES; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENT LOADS;

CATCHMENTS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALS; MIXING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

LEAD;

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BULGARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EVROS RIVER;

EID: 77953479040     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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