Historical trends of metals in the sediments of San Francisco Bay, California

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 39-55

  Hornberger, Michelle I ^a   Luoma, Samuel N ^a   Van Geen, Alexander ^b   Fuller, Christopher ^a   Anima, Roberto ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cores; Metals; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032928952     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)80083-2     Document Type: Article

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