A case study on the correlation of micro-contaminants and potassium in the Leine River (Germany)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2172-2180

  Nödler, Karsten ^a   Licha, Tobias ^a   Fischer, Steffi ^a   Wagner, Bianca ^a   Sauter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOTRIAZOLES; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; DICLOFENAC; FLOW PATH; GERMANY; LINE FITTING; LOW TEMPERATURES; METOPROLOL; MICRO-CONTAMINANTS; MICROCONTAMINANT; POPULATION STRUCTURES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER MONITORING; RIVER SECTION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TOLYLTRIAZOLES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WINTER MONTHS; WWTP EFFLUENT;

AMIDES; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; IMPURITIES; POTASSIUM; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ION; LINEARITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POTASSIUM; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 82155185174     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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