Contamination of nearshore surficial sediments from the Iranian coast of the Caspian sea

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Parizanganeh, Abdolhossein ^a   Lakhan, V Chris ^b   Jalalian, Hamid ^a   Ahmad, Sajid R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Discriminant analysis; Heavy metals; Iran; Linear regression; Nearshore surficial sediments

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COASTAL ZONES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LINEAR REGRESSION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

CASPIAN SEA; GRANULOMETRIC COMPOSITION; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 37549065539     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701741305     Document Type: Article

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