Mobility of radium and trace metals in sediments of the Winterbeek: Application of sequential extraction and DGT techniques

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2439-2445

  Gao, Y ^a   Baeyens, W ^a   De Galan, S ^a   Poffijn, A ^b   Leermakers, M ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for Nuclear Control FANC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

226Ra; DGT; Mobility; Sequential extraction; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; METALS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS; PHOSPHATE ORES; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT PHASIS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TRACE METAL; WATER COLUMNS;

EXTRACTION;

RADIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956203443     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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