Evaluation of trace-metal enrichments from the 26 December 2004 tsunami sediments along the Southeast coast of India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1711-1721

  Srinivasalu, S ^a   Thangadurai, N ^a   Jonathan, M P ^b   Armstrong Altrin, J S ^b   Ayyamperumal, T ^c   Ram Mohan, V ^c  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Contamination; Dissolved salts in sediments; Southeast coast of India; Trace metals; Tsunami sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SEAWATER; TSUNAMIS;

ACID LEACHABLE TRACE METALS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DISSOLVED SALTS; METAL CONTAMINATION;

SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; TSUNAMI; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 38749148111     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0777-8     Document Type: Article

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