Using sedimentary archives to reconstruct pollution history and sediment provenance: The Ohře River, Czech Republic

Catena

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-129

  Matys Grygar, T ^a,b   Elznicova J ^b   Kiss, T ^c   Smith, H G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental geochemistry; Fluvial archives; Polluted floodplains; Pollution history; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIS; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY; OHRE RIVER;

EID: 84968807239     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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