Modelling and simulation of heavy metals transport in water and sediments

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Pintilie, Simona ^a   Brânză, Loredana ^b   Beţianu, Camelia ^a   Pavel, Lucian Vasile ^a   Ungureanu, Florina ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b Department of Computer Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Modelling; Sediment; Simulation; Water column

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011892801     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2007.021     Document Type: Article

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