Comparison of sediment metal:aluminum relationships between the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-385

  Weisberg, S B ^a   Wilson, H T ^b   Heimbuch, D G ^b   Windom, H L ^c   Summers, J K ^d  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b Coastal Environmental Services ^*  (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

TRACE METALS;

ALUMINUM; COASTAL ZONES; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; METAL;

ALUMINUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACER;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SITING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034069649     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006113631027     Document Type: Article

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