Magnetic susceptibility measurements to detect coal fly ash from the Kingston Tennessee spill in Watts Bar Reservoir

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 174, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-188

  Cowan, Ellen A ^a   Seramur, Keith C ^a   Hageman, Steven J ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fly ash; Environmental magnetism; Kingston ash spill; Magnetospheres

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PARTICLES; ANALYTICAL TOOL; COAL FLY ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SUSCEPTIBILITY; LOW-FIELD MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENTS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-SPHERICAL; POINT COUNTING; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER TRANSPORTS; RIVERBED SEDIMENTS; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY;

COAL ASH; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPHERES;

FLY ASH;

IRON OXIDE;

COAL; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; RIVER BED; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLY ASH; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENT; MAGNETISM; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; COAL ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MAGNETICS; RIVERS; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

KINGSTON [TENNESSEE]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871805045     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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