Metal rivers-estuaries

In this section, an overview of the net transport of metals through rivers, estuaries, and the oceans provides an example of how these chemical and physical forces interact. 

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. 

Ramelow GJ, Maples RS, Thompson RL, et al. 1987. Periphyton as monitors for heavy metal pollution in the Calcasieu River estuary. Environ Poll 43 247-263. 

Quan, W.M., J.D. Han, A.L. Shen, et al. 2007. Uptake and distribution of N, P and heavy metals in three dominant salt marsh macrophytes from Yangtze River estuary, China. Mar. Environ. Res. 64 21-37. 

Marcovecchio, J.E. 2004. The use of Micropogonias fumieri and Mugil liza as bioindicators of heavy metals pollution in La Plata river estuary, Argentina. Sci. Total Environ. 323 219-226. 

Cheevaporn, V., Jacinto, GS., and San Diego-McGlone, M.L. (1995) Heavy metal fluxes in Bang Pakong River estuary, Thailand sedimentary versus diffusive fluxes. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 31, 290-294. 

Klinkhammer, G.P., and Bender, M.L. (1981) Trace metal distributions in the Hudson River estuary. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 12, 629-643. 

Zhang J. (1994) Geochemistry of trace metals from Chinese river/estuary systems an overview. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 41, 631-658. 

Mayer, L. M., Schick, L. L., and Chang, C. A. (1983). Kinetics of trivalent chromium complex-ation and adsorption at the river-estuary interface. Implications for reactive pollutant transport. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, CEP Consultants, pp. 1112-1115. 

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