A test of normalization methods for marine sediment, including a new post-extraction normalization (PEN) technique

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 492, Issue , 2003, Pages 5-13

  Birch, Gavin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contaminant dispersion; Contaminant source; Elemental normalization; Marine sediments; Normalization; Size normalization

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; EXTRACTION; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC SYSTEMS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

EID: 0042968635     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024844629087     Document Type: Article

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