Pollutant dispersal and stability in a severely polluted floodplain: A case study in the Litavka River, Czech Republic

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-144

  Novakova T ^a,b   Kotkova K ^a,b   Elznicova J ^c   Strnad, L ^b   Engel, Z ^b   Matys Grygar, T ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic alluvium; Fluvial sediments; Heavy metals; Secondary pollution from mining

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLOODS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; ORES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; ZINC SMELTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC ALLUVIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SECONDARY POLLUTION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ENRICHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMELTING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; LITAVKA RIVER; STREDOCESKY;

EID: 84930753455     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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