Massive accumulation of highly polluted sedimentary deposits by river damming

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 369-381

  Palanques, Albert ^a   Grimalt, Joan ^b   Belzunces, Marc ^a   Estrada, Ferran ^a   Puig, Pere ^a   Guillén, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Damming; Ebro River; Industrial waste; Mercury; Sediment trapping

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DAMS; DEPOSITS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MERCURY (METAL); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

DAMMING; EBRO RIVER; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; NW MEDITERRANEAN; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; MERCURY; RIVER WATER; ZINC; DANGEROUS GOODS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOSPHORITE; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; ZINC;

ARTICLE; DAMMING; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906673543     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.091     Document Type: Article

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