Assessing lead contamination in Buffalo river sediments

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-111

  Forsythe, K W ^a   Irvine, K N ^b   Atkinson, D M ^a   Perrelli, M ^c   Aversa, J M ^a   Swales, S J ^a   Gawedzki, A ^a   Jakubek, D J ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffalo River; Dredging; Lead; Ordinary kriging; Sediment contamination; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

AREAL INTERPOLATION; DREDGING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE LAYER; WATERSHED;

ARKANSAS; BUFFALO RIVER [ARKANSAS]; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952785514     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201500300     Document Type: Article

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