Surface sediment chemistry in the Olympic Games 2004 Sailing Center (Saronikos Gulf)

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Karageorgis, A P ^a   Hatzianestis, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agios Kosmas; Heavy metals; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Saronikos Gulf; Sediment; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444458008     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.237     Document Type: Article

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