Classification of Heavy metal contaminated sediments of the Gulf of Finland

Baltica

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Vallius, Henry ^a   Leivuori, Mirja ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Classification; Contamination; Geochemistry; Gulf of Finland; Heavy metals; Pollution; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745883397     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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