Background, baseline, normalization, and contamination of heavy metals in the Liao River Watershed sediments of China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-94

  Jiang, Jianbin ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Liu, Shaoqing ^a   Lin, Chunye ^a   He, Mengchang ^a   Liu, Xitao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Background; Baseline; Contamination; Heavy metal; Normalization; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; LIAOHE RIVER;

EID: 84878228074     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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