A magnetic record of heavy metal pollution in the Yangtze River subaqueous delta

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 368-377

  Dong, Chenyin ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Ma, Honglei ^a   Feng, Huan ^b   Lu, Honghua ^c   Dong, Yan ^a,d   Yu, Lizhong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Heavy metal pollution; Magnetic properties; Particle size; Yangtze River subaqueous delta

Indexed keywords

FERRIMAGNETISM; LEAD; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANHYSTERETIC REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; DIAGENESIS; FERRIMAGNETIC MINERALS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL ENRICHMENTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; SATURATION ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; SUBAQUEOUS DELTA;

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; HEAVY METAL; LEAD 210;

DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

DIAGENESIS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; YANGTZE RIVER SUBAQUEOUS DELTA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MAGNETICS; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893106968     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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