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dc.contributor.authorLinge, Kathryn
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:10:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:10:33Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:36:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationLinge, Kathryn. 2008. Methods for Investigating Trace Element Binding in Sediments. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 38 (3): 165-196.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18889
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10643380601174780
dc.description.abstract

Sediments play an important role in maintaining water quality. This review describes methods of investigating element binding in sediments, and assesses the value of each for characterizing sediment contamination. Although easy to obtain, data from "bulk" tests such as fractionation schemes or fitting adsorption isotherms cannot describe binding or phase composition definitively. Modern spectroscopic techniques can investigate the sediment surface on a molecular scale, but are not yet used routinely for sediment analysis. Proper assessment of the implications of sediment contamination normally requires more than one method to be used. Comparing contaminant remobilization rates to the time scales of environmental factors causing remobilization is also important.

dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.urihttp://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10643389.asp
dc.subjectdesorption
dc.subjectsediment
dc.subjectdissolution
dc.subjectremobilisation rates
dc.subjectfractionation
dc.subjectcontamination
dc.titleMethods for Investigating Trace Element Binding in Sediments
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume38
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.monthmay
dcterms.source.startPage165
dcterms.source.endPage196
dcterms.source.titleCritical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
curtin.departmentCurtin Water Quality Research Centre (Industry Research Centre)
curtin.identifierEPR-2875
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Applied Chemistry
curtin.facultyDivision of Engineering, Science and Computing
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science


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