Assessment of heavy metal contamination and mineral magnetic characterization of the Asopos River sediments (Central Greece)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-563

  Botsou, F ^a   Karageorgis, A P ^b   Dassenakis, E ^a   Scoullos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asopos River; Intermittent rivers; Magnetic properties; Metal distribution; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ASOPOS RIVER; AUTHIGENIC; BACKGROUND LEVEL; DERIVED MATERIALS; DILUTE ACIDS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INTERMITTENT RIVERS; LABILE METALS; LONG DISTANCES; LOW FLOW; LOW-ENERGY CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; REDOX REACTIONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MINERAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER;

DILUTION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REDOX CONDITIONS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; GREECE; MAGNETISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CARBON; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREECE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETICS; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ASOPOS RIVER; GREECE;

EID: 79952187137     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.11.029     Document Type: Article

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