Heavy metal concentrations in litteral sediments from the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-231

  Amin, Oscar ^a   Ferrer, Laura ^b   Marcovecchio, Jorge ^b  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LITTERAL SEDIMENTS; TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

ARGENTINA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, BEAGLE CHANNEL;

EID: 0030176952     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00419743     Document Type: Article

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