Combined sewer overflows, sediment accumulation and element patterns of river bed sediments: A quantitative study based on mixing models of composite fingerprints

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-489

  David, Telse ^a,b   Borchardt, Dietrich ^b   von Tümpling, Wolf ^b   Krebs, Peter ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bed sediment; Combined sewers overflow; Composite fingerprint; Mixing model; Particulate matter; Pollutants; Sediment trap; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; EFFLUENTS; EUTROPHICATION; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; STORMS;

BED SEDIMENTS; MIXING MODELS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANTS; STORMWATERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOW MODELING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MIXING; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWER NETWORK; STORMWATER;

BODE RIVER; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 84876925548     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2447-3     Document Type: Article

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