Geochemical baselines of heavy metals in the sediments of two large freshwater lakes in China: Implications for contamination character and history

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-748

  Wei, Chaoyang ^a   Wen, Hailong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cumulative frequency; Dianchi; Normalization; Taihu

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NICKEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; SEDIMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; LINEAR MODELS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; TAIHU LAKE; YUNNAN;

EID: 84868357075     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9492-9     Document Type: Article

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