Fate and transport of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the River Thames catchment – Insights from a coupled multimedia fate and hydrobiogeochemical transport model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 572, Issue , 2016, Pages 1461-1470

  Lu, Q ^a   Futter, M N ^b   Nizzetto, L ^c,d   Bussi, G ^a   Jurgens M D ^e   Whitehead, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

INCA; PCBs; River Thames; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; INCA; LEVEL III FUGACITY MODELS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); RIVER THAMES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOODING; INTEGRATED CATCHMENT CONTAMINANT MODEL; MODEL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84963640863     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.029     Document Type: Article

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