Roads as sources of heavy metals in urban areas. The Covões catchment experiment, Coimbra, Portugal

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2622-2639

  Ferreira, António J D ^a   Soares, Daniel ^a   Serrano, Luís M V ^b,c   Walsh, Rory P D ^d   Dias Ferreira, Celia ^a   Ferreira, Carla S S ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Road wash off; Storm events; Suspended sediments; Traffic intensity

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; OVERLAND FLOW; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; ROAD; ROAD TRAFFIC; RUNOFF; STORM; URBAN AREA;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84981516784     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1492-4     Document Type: Article

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