Heavy metals associated with reduced sulfur in sediments from different deposition environments in the Pearl River estuary, China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-272

  Chen, Fanrong ^a,b   Yang, Yongqiang ^a,c   Zhang, Derong ^a,c   Zhang, Ling ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Deposition environment; Heavy metals; Pearl River estuary; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SULFUR;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFUR; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; SEDIMENT;

CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; SULFUR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 33745034736     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9042-4     Document Type: Article

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