Sedimentary records of sewage pollution using faecal markers in contrasting peri-urban shallow lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-356

  Vane, C H ^a   Kim, A W ^a   McGowan, S ^b   Leng, M J ^a   Heaton, T H E ^a   Kendrick, C P ^a   Coombs, P ^a   Yang, H ^c   Swann, G E A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenborough; Coprostanol; Gravel pit; Pb 210; Sewage; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATTENBOROUGH; COPROSTANOL; GRAVEL PIT; PB-210; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; GRAVEL; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANURES; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

LAKES;

CARBON 13; CESIUM 137; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; LEAD 210; NITROGEN 15; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITRATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; LAKE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; STEROLS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649720281     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.033     Document Type: Article

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