Anthropogenic dissolved and colloid/nanoparticle-bound samarium, lanthanum and gadolinium in the Rhine River and the impending destruction of the natural rare earth element distribution in rivers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 362, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-50

  Kulaksiz, Serkan ^a   Bau, Michael ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic rare earth elements; Gadolinium; Lanthanum; Nanoparticle; Rhine River ultrafiltration; Samarium

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEAWATER; CONTRAST AGENT; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ESTUARINE WATERS; FRESH WATER; HIGH-TECH APPLICATIONS; HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MICROCONTAMINATION; NATURAL WATERS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; POINT SOURCES; REGULATORY LIMIT; RHINE RIVER; RIVER WATER; TAP WATER;

DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; GADOLINIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAKES; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; PETROLEUM REFINING; RIVERS; SAMARIUM; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; GADOLINIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SAMARIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 84871383103     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.033     Document Type: Article

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