Influence of major elements on heavy metal composition of river sediments

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-267

  De Saedeleer, Valerie ^a   Cappuyns, Valérie ^a,b   De Cooman, Ward ^c   Swennen, Rudy ^b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Background value; Heavy metals; Multiple regression; River sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863807789     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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