Diagnosis of stream sediment quality and assessment of toxic element contamination sources in East Attica, Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1369-1383

  Alexakis, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Attica; Chromium; Contamination degree; Greece; Stream sediment quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ATTICA; CONTAMINATION DEGREE; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITIES; DRAINAGE BASIN; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR SCORES; GIS-DATABASE; GREECE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; NI CONTENT; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; QUALITY STANDARD; REACTION PROGRESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT CONTENT; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER QUALITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DATABASE; DRAINAGE BASIN; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER QUALITY;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 79959593918     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0807-9     Document Type: Article

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