Heavy metal contamination in suspended solids of Changjiang River - environmental implications

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 286-295

  Song, Yinxian ^a,b   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Mao, Changping ^a   Yang, Zhongfang ^c   Yuan, Xuyin ^d   Ayoko, Godwin A ^b   Frost, Ray L ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Environmental implications; Heavy metal pollution; Sediment and suspended solid

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG RIVER BASIN; CHEMOMETRICS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FLOOD SEASON; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MINING AREAS; POYANG LAKE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; LAKE POLLUTION; LEAD; METALS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; FLOOD; HEAVY METAL; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED LOAD;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 78650179157     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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