Robust assessment of moderate heavy metal contamination levels in floodplain sediments: A case study on the Jizera River, Czech Republic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-245

  Matys Grygar, T ^a,b   Novakova T ^a,c   Babek O ^d   Elznicova J ^b   Vadinova N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Background; Enrichment factor; Fluvial sediments; Heavy metals; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATION PROFILES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITION; FLOODS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; RIVER WATER; ZINC; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; HEAVY METAL; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CZECH REPUBLIC; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOMOGRAPHY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JIZERA RIVER;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84875626512     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.085     Document Type: Article

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