Thallium Distribution in Sediments from the Pearl River Basin, China

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 909-915

  Liu, Juan ^a,b   Wang, Jin ^a   Chen, Yongheng ^a   Qi, Jianying ^a   Lippold, Holger ^b   Wang, Chunlin ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Pearl River Basin; Sediment; Sequential extraction; Thallium

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; MOBILITY; PYRITE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THALLIUM; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

PEARL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049485707     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000002     Document Type: Article

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