Obtaining isochrones from pollution signals in a fluvial sediment record: A case study in a uranium-polluted floodplain of the Ploučnice River, Czech Republic

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Matys Grygar, T ^a,b   Elznicova J ^b   Babek O ^c   Hosek M ^a,d   Engel, Z ^d   Kiss, T ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty of Environment J E Purkyn University in Ústí n L   (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM; ZINC;

DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FLOODPLAIN GEOMORPHOLOGIES; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; GRAIN-SIZE EFFECTS; MEANDERING RIVERS; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY POLLUTION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84904543495     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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