Definition of baseline metal concentrations for assessing metal enrichment of sediment from the south-eastern Cape coastline of South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-691

  Newman, B K ^a   Watling, R J ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baseline; Contamination; Eastern Cape; Metal; Normalisation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BASELINE; EASTERN CAPE; NORMALIZATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; KROMME ESTUARY; NAHOON ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36049045680     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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