Trace elements in the Prestige fuel-oil spill: Levels and influence on Laxe Ria sediments (NW Iberian Peninsula);Elementos traza en el combustible vertido por el Prestige: Niveles e impacto sobre el sedimento de la Ría de Laxe (noroeste de España)

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 1 B, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Prego, R ^a   Cobelo Garcia A ^a   Marmolejo Rodriguez J ^b   Santos Echeandia J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Contamination; Inorganic elements; Laxe; Metal; NW Spain; Oil spill; Prestige tanker; Ria; Sediment

Indexed keywords

OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645520660     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i12.1028     Document Type: Article

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