Influence of anthropogenic inputs and a high-magnitude flood event on metal contamination pattern in surface bottom sediments from the Deba River urban catchment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 514, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-25

  Martínez Santos, Miren ^a   Probst, Anne ^b,c   García García, Jon ^a   Ruiz Romera, Estilita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic inputs; High magnitude flood; Metals; Sediments; Urban catchment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; FLOODS; METALS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION; NON-RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS; URBAN CATCHMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; RAIN; ZINC; METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATCHMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FLOODING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; DEBA RIVER; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; RIVERS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921989875     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.078     Document Type: Article

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