Distribution of rare earth elements in the Pichavaram mangrove sediments of the southeast coast of India

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL. A, 2008, Pages 126-134

  Prasad, M Bala Krishna ^a   Ramanathan, Al ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Enrichment factor; Geogenic; HREEs; LREEs; Mangroves; Sediments; Shale normalized value

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MANGROVE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE;

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

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 39149107128     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0533.1     Document Type: Article

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