Heavy metal pollution of lakes along the mid-lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China: Intensity, sources and spatial patterns

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 793-807

  Zeng, Haiao ^a   Wu, Jinglu ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Geo accumulation index; Heavy metals; Lake sediments; The mid lower reaches of Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; LEAD; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION POLICY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE SEDIMENT; LANDSCAPE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84874589717     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10030793     Document Type: Article

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