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Heavy metals in the Western Scheldt, Belgium (1980-90) [Zware metalen in de Westerschelde, België (1980-90)]
Contact: Onderzoeksgroep Chromatografische Organische Sporenanalyse (UA), more

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Description
Inventory and distribution of all the heavy metals in the river Scheldt. more

The aim of this work consisted of two main parts: (1) to create an inventory of all the heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn) content data for in the dissolved and particulate phases in the river Scheldt and its affluents and to interpret these data; (2) to describe the distribution of the heavy metals in the Scheldt estuary over the dissolved and particulate phase resulting in a calculation method for the distribution coefficient for the different metals.

Scope
Themes:
Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries), Environmental quality/pollution
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Heavy metals, Quality, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, ANE, Scheldt Estuary

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1980 - 1990

Parameter
Heavy metals

Contributors
Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Scheikunde; Onderzoeksgroep Chromatografische Organische Sporenanalyse, moredata ownerdata manager

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2006-10-02
Information last updated: 2007-09-19
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