Trace metals speciation in sediments of the Basento River (Italy)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 414-442

  Medici, Luca ^a   Bellanova, Jessica ^a   Belviso, Claudia ^a   Cavalcante, Francesco ^a   Lettino, Antonio ^a   Ragone, Pietro Pasquale ^a   Fiore, Saverio ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pressure; Chemical speciation; Metal pollution; Season sampling; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CHEMICAL FORMS; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUSNESS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METAL POLLUTION; OXIDE PHASIS; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEASON SAMPLING; SELECTED METALS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; METALS; ORGANIC MINERALS; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OXIDE; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

BASENTO RIVER; BASILICATA; ITALY;

EID: 79960965854     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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