Detection of anthropogenic gadolinium in the Brisbane River plume in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1113-1116

  Lawrence, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical tracers; Effluent plume tracing; ICP MS; Micropollutants; Pollution; Seawater; Waste water

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; CHEMICAL TRACERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MORETON BAY; MRI CONTRAST AGENTS; PLUME TRACING; QUEENSLAND; RIVER PLUME; SPECIFIC LOCATION; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GADOLINIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

GADOLINIUM; LANTHANIDE; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; GADOLINIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; RIVER PLUME; SEAWATER; TRACER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PLUME; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GADOLINIUM; METALS, RARE EARTH; QUEENSLAND; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE RIVER; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77954034865     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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