Major and trace elements in sediments of the Campeche Sound, southeast Gulf of Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 87-90

  Vazquez, Felipe G ^a   Sharma, Virender K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Major elements; Sediments; Southeast Gulf of Mexico; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; COPPER; IRON DERIVATIVE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; MEXICO; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0347356282     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00328-X     Document Type: Article

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