Inconsistency and comprehensiveness of risk assessments for heavy metals in urban surface sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1080-1087

  Yu, G B ^a,b   Liu, Y ^a,b   Yu, S ^a   Wu, S C ^c   Leung, A O W ^c   Luo, X S ^a   Xu, B ^a,b   Li, H B ^a,b   Wong, M H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Risk assessment code (RAC); Sediment quality guidelines (SQGs); The Grand Canal of China; Urban surface sediment

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRON OXIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

EXCHANGEABLE FRACTION; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; GRAND CANALS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT CODE; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINE (SQGS); URBAN SURFACES; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GUIDELINE; LEAD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TEST; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GRAND CANAL;

EID: 80455164623     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.039     Document Type: Article

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