Distribution and geochemical partitioning of heavy metals in sediments of the Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 826-834

  Marcovecchio, Jorge ^a,b   Ferrer, Laura ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accumulation processes; Anthropic sources; Estuarine sediments; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; HEAVY METAL; PARTITIONING;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23044481183     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/014-NIS.1     Document Type: Article

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