Estuaries, heavy metals

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Evaluation of Methods for the Determination of Fluoride in Water Samples. 2 Analysis of a Competitive Product. 3 The Assessment of the Heavy Metal Pollution in a River Estuary. 4 The Analysis of Hydrocarbon Products in a Catalytic Reforming Study. 

The Assessment of the Heavy Metal Pollution in a River Estuary Example 12.2.3... 

Atmospheric contaminants from smelting works or combustion processes eventually enter the natural drainage system as fall out, and are carried into the rivers. It is probable that the deposition of sediments and the higher pH of marine water, which leads to precipitation, results in a build-up of the heavy metal pollutants in the river estuary. An assessment of this build-up is essentially an analytical problem. 

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