A geochemical and statistical approach for assessing heavy metal pollution in sediments from the southern Caspian coast

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-358

  Parizanganeh, A ^a   Lakhan, V C ^b   Jalalian, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caspian sea; Discriminant analysis; Heavy metals; Marine environment; Nearshore sediments

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ASIA; CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34447543933     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03326293     Document Type: Article

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