Contribution of the upper river, the estuarine region, and the adjacent sea to the heavy metal pollution in the Yangtze Estuary

Chemosphere

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 564-572

  Yin, Su ^a   Wu, Yuehan ^b   Xu, Wei ^a   Li, Yangyang ^b   Shen, Zhenyao ^a,b   Feng, Chenghong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Contribution; Flood ebb tides; Heavy metals; Section flux; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TIDES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CONTRIBUTION; EBB TIDES; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER FLOW DIRECTION; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BRACKISH WATER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; ZINC; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD; HEAVY METAL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EBB TIDE; ESTUARY; FLOOD TIDE; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEASON; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROLOGY; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SEASONS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84966270937     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.095     Document Type: Article

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