Chromium and nickel as indicators of source-to-sink sediment transfer in a Holocene alluvial and coastal system (Po Plain, Italy)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 280, Issue , 2012, Pages 260-269

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Holocene; Po Plain; Source to sink

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FLOOD PLAINS; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; HYDRAULIC SORTING; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NI CONTENT; PO PLAIN; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RIVER CATCHMENT; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT STORAGE; SEDIMENT TRANSFERS; SEDIMENT-ROUTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE TO SINKS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VOLUMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; HEAVY METALS; NICKEL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHROMIUM; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; NICKEL; OPHIOLITE; PARENT BODY; PROVENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EID: 84867983318     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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