Variation of dissolved and particulate metal(loid) (As, Cd, Pb, Sb, Tl, Zn) concentrations under varying discharge during a Mediterranean flood in a former mining watershed, the Gardon River (France)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 132-142

  Resongles, Eléonore ^a   Casiot, Corinne ^a   Freydier, Rémi ^a   Le Gall, Marion ^a   Elbaz Poulichet, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminated particles remobilization; Flood event; High temporal resolution sampling; Mediterranean watershed; Metal and metalloid load; Mining pollution

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLOODS; METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

FLOOD EVENT; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHEDS; MINING POLLUTIONS; REMOBILIZATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODING; METAL; MINE WASTE; MINING; REMOBILIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

FRANCE; GARDON BASIN; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON;

EID: 84940453044     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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