Sedimentary record of metal contamination in the Seine River during the last century

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 515-529

  Le Cloarec, M F ^a   Bonte, P H ^a   Lestel, L ^b   Lefevre I ^a   Ayrault, S ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Contamination history; Heavy metals; Sediment cores; Seine River

Indexed keywords

137CS; 210PB; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; METAL CONTAMINATION; METALLIC POLLUTION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER SITES; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEINE RIVER; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ANTIMONY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CATCHMENT; CORE ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

FRANCE; OISE RIVER; SEINE RIVER;

EID: 80052656643     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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