Small-scale spatial variations of natural radionuclide and trace metal distributions in sediments from the Hudson River estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-280

  Feng, Huan ^a   Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Hirschberg, David J ^a   Wilson, Robert E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL;

HUDSON RIVER; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543013705     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352474     Document Type: Article

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