Contaminated sediment in two United Kingdom Estuaries

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-387

  Lindsay, P ^a   Bell, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contaminated Sediment; Estuaries; Mercury; Pollution; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARY; MERCURY;

UK, ENGLAND, TAMAR ESTUARY; UK, SCOTLAND, FIRTH OF FORTH;

EID: 0031424458     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.3.375     Document Type: Article

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