Anthropophile elements in river sediments: Overview from the Seine River, France

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4526-4546

  Chen, Jiu Bin ^a,b   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^b,c   Bouchez, Julien ^b   Louvat, Pascale ^b   Wang, Yi Na ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

anthropogenic contribution; hydrodynamic effect; major and trace elements; river sediments; riverbank deposits; Seine River

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DEPOSITS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC CHARACTERISTICS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENRICHMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

FRANCE; SEINE RIVER;

EID: 85027952909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005516     Document Type: Article

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