Effects of rainy season on mobilization of contaminants from tsunami deposits left in a coastal zone of Thailand by the 26 December 2004 tsunami

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Szczuciński, Witold ^a   Niedzielski, Przemysław ^a   Kozak, Lidia ^a   Frankowski, Marcin ^a   Zioła, Anetta ^a   Lorenc, Stanisław ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioavailable fraction; Coastal hazard; Contamination; Thailand; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; LEACHING; METALLOIDS; RAIN; TSUNAMIS;

BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; COASTAL HAZARDS; THAILAND; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL ZONE; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34548052188     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0639-4     Document Type: Article

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