Distribution of heavy-metal contamination in regulated river-channel deposits: A magnetic susceptibility and grain-size approach; River morava, Czech republic

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Famera, Martin ^a,b   Babek, Ondrej ^a,b   Matys Grygar, Tomas ^c   Novakova, Tereza ^c,d  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fluvial transport; Fly ash spherules; Geochemical background; Heavy metals; Lithology; Magnetic susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITS; FILTRATION; FLOODS; FLY ASH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; LAKE POLLUTION; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; ORGANIC MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; COARSE-GRAINED FLUVIAL; FINE-GRAINED PARTICLES; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CESIUM 137; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; SILICON; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLOODPLAIN; FLY ASH; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SAND; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MORAVA RIVER;

SPHERULES;

EID: 84875533695     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1525-1     Document Type: Article

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