Trace metal distribution in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary and the surrounding coastal area, South China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-323

  Ip, Carman C M ^a   Li, Xiang Dong ^a   Zhang, Gan ^b   Wai, Onyx W H ^a   Li, Yok Sheung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Pb isotopes; Pearl River Estuary (PRE); Sediment; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; LEAD DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTS;

FRESHWATER; SEDIMENT CORES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL CONTAMINATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 34047169415     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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