Spatial distribution, temporal variation, and sources of heavy metal pollution in groundwater of a century-old nonferrous metal mining and smelting area in China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9101-9116

  Gong, Xing ^a   Chen, Zhihua ^a   Luo, Zhaohui ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heavy metals; Mining and smelting; Nonferrous metals; Pollution

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; NONFERROUS METALS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SMELTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; CU CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SURFACE RESIDUES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; MINING; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928625134     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4069-y     Document Type: Article

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