Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Yu, Lizhong ^a   Lu, Min ^b   Hutchinson, Simon M ^c   Feng, Huan ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c School of Environment and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Magnetic method; Normalization; Particle size; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

MAGNETIC METHODS; NORMALIZATION; SATURATION ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (SIRM); YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON OXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; CHINA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNETICS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 33847252960     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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