Total arsenic in sediments from the western North Sea and the Humber Estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Whalley, Caroline ^a   Rowlatt, Steve ^a   Bennett, Moira ^a   Lovell, Dave ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Iron; Normalization; North Sea; Sediment chemistry

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ARSENIC; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032987384     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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