Source and distribution of trace metals in the Medway and Swale estuaries, Kent, UK

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-230

  Spencer, K L ^a   MacLeod, C L ^b   Tuckett, A ^c   Johnson, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Arcadis Geraghty and Miller International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PROVENANCE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; MEDWAY ESTUARY; SWALE ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644595332     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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