Source and depositional controls on heavy metal distribution in marine sediments of the Gulf of Iskenderun, Eastern Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 223-239

  Ergin, Mustafa ^a   Kazan, Bilal ^b   Ediger, Vedat ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Denizcilik Muste arligi   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GULF OF ISKENDERUN;

EID: 0030201515     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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