Legacy sediments and historic land use: Chemostratigraphic evidence for excess nutrient and heavy metal sources and remobilization

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-50

  Niemitz, Jeffrey ^a   Haynes, Courtney ^b   Lasher, Gregory ^c  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RedStart Forestry   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CHESAPEAKE BAY; LEADED GASOLINE; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; METAL SOURCES; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TRACE METAL; UPLAND AREA;

DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LEAD; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COPPER; DEGRADATION; LAND USE; LEAD; NUTRIENT; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CUMBERLAND COUNTY [PENNSYLVANIA]; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872161123     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33547.1     Document Type: Article

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