Portable XRF and wet materials: Application to dredged contaminated sediments from waterways

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Lemiere, Bruno ^a   Laperche, Valerie ^a   Haouche, Laurence ^b   Auger, Pascal ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Zoning A Schweitzer   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediments; Dredging; Moisture; Portable XRF; Water; Waterways

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; DREDGING; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOISTURE; PELLETIZING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

APPLICATION OF STANDARDS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; PORTABLE XRF; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATERWAYS;

SEDIMENTS;

DEHYDRATION; DREDGING; HEAVY METAL; MOISTURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84904559616     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem2012-179     Document Type: Article

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