Diagnosis of the transport of adsorbed material in the Scheldt estuary: A proof of concept

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-26

  Delhez, Éric J M ^a   Wolk, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adsorbed contaminants; Age; Heavy metals; Scheldt estuary; Tracers; Transit time

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SCHELDT ESTUARY; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TRANSIT TIME;

ESTUARIES;

ADSORPTION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 84883528104     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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