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| Baeyens, W.F.J.; Monteny, F.; Van Ryssen, R.; Leermakers, M.. |
| The behaviour of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the Scheldt estuary was investigated in the periods 1981 to 1993 and 1995. The Hg behaviour was studied between 1992 and 1994. A box model was used to establish the relationship between the trace metal inputs and the fate of these pollutants in the Scheldt estuary. Annual budgets were calculated for particulate and dissolved trace metals. For Hg, seasonal budgets of the various species (inorganic Hg, methylmercury, Hg°) could also be calculated. These budgets allow an evaluation of the consistency of each individual flux or process, such as the inputs of the various metals into the North Sea, the sedimentation flux of particulate metals in the area of high turbidity, the evasional fluxes and the formation rates of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=7059 |
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| Baeyens, W.F.J.; Elskens, I.; Van Ryssen, R.; Leermakers, M.. |
| Offshore fluxes of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and Hg were calculated based on residual flow patterns and salinity gradients along the Belgian coast. The residual flow lines along the Belgian coast are more or less parallel to the coast except the area where the north-easterly flowing water mass coming from the Channel encounters the south-westerly-oriented Scheldt outflow, forming a residual hydrodynamical front. From the steady-state salinity pattern, diffusion coefficients perpendicular to the residual flow were deduced; they ranged from 21 to 108 m² s-¹ . Offshore fluxes of dissolved and particulate trace metals based on diffusive and mixing processes are calculated. The steady state profiles of dissolved metals show a dilution effect in the coastal waters,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=7055 |
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