A record of estuarine water contamination from the Cd content of foraminiferal tests in San Francisco Bay, California

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 57-69

  Van Geen, Alexander ^a   Luoma, Samuel N ^b  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cd Ca ratio; Elphidiella hannai; Foraminifera

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032957584     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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