Evaluation of geochemical methods for discrimination of metal contamination in Antarctic marine sediments: A case study from Casey Station

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 294-309

  Scouller, Rebecca C ^a   Snape, Ian ^a   Stark, Jonathan S ^a   Gore, Damian B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

<2 mm fraction; <63 m fraction; Antarctica; Human impacts; Hydrochloric extraction; Metal pollution

Indexed keywords

<2 MM FRACTION; <63 ΜM FRACTION; ANTARCTICA; HUMAN IMPACTS; HYDROCHLORIC EXTRACTION; METAL POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ACID; CHLORIDE; METAL;

CONTAMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SURVEY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN (STRUCTURE); SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METALS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746749315     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.02.062     Document Type: Article

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