High variability in sediment characteristics of a neotropical stream impacted by surface mining and gully erosion

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 389-398

  Nascimento, Francisco L ^a   Boëchat, Iola G ^a   Teixeira, Alexandre O ^a   Gücker, Björn ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erosion; Fine sediment; Granulometry; Land use; Streambed sediment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FINE SEDIMENTS; GRANULOMETRIES; GULLY EROSION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VARIABILITY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND USE IMPACT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NEOTROPICAL STREAM; PRISTINE REFERENCE; REFERENCE SITES; ROUTINE MONITORING; SAND FRACTION; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT MONITORING; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAM SITES; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; TAILINGS POND; THRESHOLD EFFECT; WATER CHARACTERISTICS;

ARSENIC; CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; EROSION; HEAVY METALS; IRON; IRON MINES; LAND USE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRANULOMETRY; GULLY EROSION; HEAVY METAL; LAND USE; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NEOTROPICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE MINING;

EID: 84856549787     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0866-x     Document Type: Article

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