Heavy metal sedimentary record in a Galician Ria (NW Spain): Background values and recent contamination

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1253-1262

  Cobelo García, Antonio ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baseline study; Coastal inlet; Galicia; Heavy metals; Ria; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GASOLINE; HEAVY METALS;

SEDIMENT CORES;

SOILS;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GASOLINE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SHIPYARD WORKER; SPAIN;

FERROL RIA; GALICIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0141560823     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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