Heavy metals in northern Chilean rivers: Spatial variation and temporal trends

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 747-754

  Pizarro, Jaime ^a   Vergara, Pablo M ^a   Rodríguez, José A ^a   Valenzuela, Alejandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Annual trends; Chilean rivers; Heavy metals; Mining

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL TRENDS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHILEAN RIVERS; CONCENTRATION OF; CR CONCENTRATION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELS; MAIN PROCESS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MINING ACTIVITIES; NORTHERN CHILE; OROGENIC PROCESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SULPHATES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HEAVY WATER; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; SULFATE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED MATTER; HEAVY METAL; MINING; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CHILE; COPPER; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CHILE;

EID: 77954534264     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.076     Document Type: Article

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