Particulate trace metal and major element distributions over consecutive tidal cycles in Port Jackson Estuary, Australia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Hatje, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Particulate trace metals; Port Jackson estuary; Resuspension; Tidal cycle

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GEOCHEMISTRY; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TSUNAMIS; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (SPM);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACE METAL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT JACKSON;

EID: 0038275796     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0750-5     Document Type: Article

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