Assessment of heavy metal levels in sediment of the Xiangjiang River section flowing through Changsha

Applied Mechanics and Materials

Volumn 368-370, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 482-485

  Wu, Fang Tong ^a   Zhu, Hong Yu ^b   Guo, Juan ^a   Lei, Yan Ni ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hunan Zhongtian Engineering Supervision Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Pollution evaluation; Sediment; Xiangjiang River

Indexed keywords

GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; HEAVY METALS POLLUTION; POLLUTION EVALUATION; POTENTIAL ECO-LOGICAL RISK EVALUATIONS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; SAMPLING STATIONS; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BRIDGES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COPPER; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84885753874     PISSN: 16609336     EISSN: 16627482     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.368-370.482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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