Chemical indicators of anthropogenic impacts in sediments of the pristine karst lakes

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1140-1149

  Mikac, I ^a   Fiket, Z ^a   Terzic S ^a   Baresic J ^a   Mikac, N ^a   Ahel, M ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Karst lakes; Lake sediments; Plitvice lakes; Surfactants; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAKES; LANDFORMS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICP/MS); LAKE SEDIMENTS; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TRACE METAL;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SURFACTANT; TIN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EROSION; ESTER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PAH; POROSITY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACTANT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL PROFILE; WASTEWATER;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER;

ALPS; CROATIA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 79960598082     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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