Chromium speciation in river sediment pore water contaminated by tannery effluent

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 838-843

  Burbridge, David J ^a   Koch, Iris ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromium speciation; Peeper; Pore water; Sediment contamination; Tannery; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

CHROMIUM SPECIATION; PEEPER; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; TANNERY;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; RIVER WATER;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; POROSITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84865061514     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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