Assessing the current state of the Gironde Estuary by mapping priority contaminant distribution and risk potential in surface sediment

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1912-1923

  Larrose, Aurélie ^a   Coynel, Alexandra ^a   Schäfer, Jörg ^a   Blanc, Gérard ^a   Massé, Laurent ^a   Maneux, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Centre Condorcet   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ESTUARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPURITIES; MOLLUSCS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; THORIUM; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY CONTAMINANTS; SEDIMENT RE SUSPENSIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION MAP; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIVALVE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MINE WASTE; MINERAL PROCESSING; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AVEYRON; FRANCE; GIRONDE ESTUARY; MIDI-PYRENEES; RIOU MORT BASIN;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 78649450743     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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