Heavy metals and acid-volatile sulfides in sediments of the Tijuana Estuary

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-119

  Meyer, S F ^a   Gersberg, R M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SULFIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARY; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULPHIDE; SULPHIDES;

USA, CALIFORNIA, TIJUANA ESTUARY;

EID: 0030617147     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900452     Document Type: Article

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