Distinguishing regional and local sources of pollution by trace metals and magnetic particles in fluvial sediments of the Morava River, Czech Republic

• DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0632-8
• Publication Date: 2012-12-13T08:31:51Z
• Authors: Tereza Novakova; Tomas Matys Grygar; Ondrej Babek; Martin Famera; Martin Mihaljevic; Ladislav Strnad
• Keywords: 13. Climate action; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Purpose Regional contamination of southern Moravia (SE part of the Czech Republic) by trace metals and magnetic particles during the twentieth century was quantified in fluvial sediments of the Morava River. The influence of local pollution sources on regional contamination of the river sediments and the effect of sampling site heterogeneity were studied in sediment profiles with different lithologies.