Source to sink river pollution assessment in northern Bulgaria: Preliminary results on contaminant delivery in the lower danube basin

5th International Scientific Conference of Modern Management of Mine Producing, Geology and Environmental Protection, SGEM 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 387-396

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

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c Ministry of Environment and Waters   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT METALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; METAL CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITIES;

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODS; GEOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; METALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOLID WASTES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 77953480815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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