Grounded or submerged bulk carrier: The potential for leaching of coal trace elements to seawater

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1012-1017

  Lucas, Steven Andrew ^a   Planner, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Introspec Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal in seawater; Ecological impact; Leaching; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BULK CARRIER; COAL TRACE ELEMENTS; COAL TYPES; DOUGLAS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL SCENARIOS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HUMAN HEALTH; INHERENT RISK; MARITIME TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; QUEENSLAND; SEA FLOOR; THRESHOLD LIMITS; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; LEACHING; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

COAL;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BORON; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; FLUORINE; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEA WATER; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BULK CARRIER; COAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDED BULK CARRIER; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SHIP; SUBMERGED BULK CARRIER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COAL; GROUNDWATER; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84860331462     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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