Sediment properties and heavy metal pollution assessment in the river, estuary and lake environments of a fluvial plain, China

Catena

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-60

  Yuan, Xuyin ^a   Zhang, Lijun ^a   Li, Jizhou ^a   Wang, Cheng ^b   Ji, Junfeng ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemical characteristics; Metal concentration and speciation; Risk assessment code; Sediment; Yangtze river delta plain

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; LIME; MAGNESIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84897452078     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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