Source of heavy metals in sediments of the Port Jackson estuary, Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 227, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 123-138

  Birch, Gavin ^a   Taylor, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuary; Heavy metals; Source; Sydney

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT JACKSON;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032958048     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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