Normalization of metal concentrations in estuarine sediments from the Gulf of Mexico

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-594

  Summers, J Kevin ^a   Wade, Terry L ^b   Engle, Virginia D ^c   Malaeb, Ziad A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gulf Breeze Project Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATION; DISTRIBUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARY; METAL; METALS; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0029664242     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352519     Document Type: Article

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