Trace elements in Holocene sediments of the southern Doñana National Park (SW Spain): Historical pollution and applications

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1215-1223

  Carretero, M I ^a   Pozo, M ^b   Ruiz, F ^c   Rodriguez Vidal J ^c   Caceres L M ^c   Abad, M ^c   Munoz J M ^a   Gomez F ^a,b,c   Campos, J M ^c   Gonzalez Regalado M L ^c   Olias M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochemical background; Holocene; Mining pollution; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CORE SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; GEOCHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; INFILLING; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARKS; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SECOND PHASE; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SW SPAIN; THIRD PHASE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; PARKS; POLLUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TSUNAMIS; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; INFILL; MARINE POLLUTION; MINE WASTE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIODICITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

EID: 80053942349     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0936-9     Document Type: Article

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