Project record of Study of the geochemical cycles of particulate heavy metals and organic micropollutants in the North Sea environment

Information

Type
Project
Name
Study of the geochemical cycles of particulate heavy metals and organic micropollutants in the North Sea environment
Description @en
The basic objective of this project is to study the geochemical cycles of heavy metals and organic micropollutants in particulate materials in the North Sea environment. Trace element analysis and micro-analysis techniques are employed. For the atmosphere, the deposition flow of particles from the air and the metals they contain is estimated, and the aerosol particle types which appear in the air above the North Sea are studied. The examination also includes a study of particles in rain water. The individual suspension particles in the water and in the water/air boundary layer are exhaustively characterised.
Parent project
Impulsprogramme "Marine Sciences"
Start date
1992-10
End date
1996-9

Institutes & people involved

Van Grieken René
associated with: Universiteit Antwerpen; Centrum voor Micro- en Sporenanalyse
role: Promotor
Belgian Science Policy
role: Sponsor

Expertise

Aerosols
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 176
Air-water boundary layer
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 240
Heavy metals
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3962
Pollutants
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6381
geographic terms
ANE, North Sea

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-04-03