Spatial patterns and temporal changes of heavy metal distributions in river sediments in a region with multiple pollution sources

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1257-1269

  Bednarova, Zdenka ^a   Kuta, Jan ^a   Kohut, Lukas ^a   Machat, Jiri ^a   Klanova, Jana ^a   Holoubek, Ivan ^a   Jarkovsky, Jiri ^a   Dusek, Ladislav ^a   Hilscherova, Klara ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Heavy metals; Sediment quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENCHMARKING; CONFLUENCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; DREVNICE RIVER; SLOVAKIA; ZILINSKY; ZLINSKY;

EID: 84880849937     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0706-2     Document Type: Article

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