Qualitative estimation of heavy metals in marine sediment using thermal analysis

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-120

  Rodriguez Barroso M R ^a,b   Solar, M Ramírez Del ^a   Blanco, E ^a   Quiroga, J M ^a   Garcia Morales J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias del Mar Y Ambientales

Author keywords

Guidelines; Heavy metals; Marine sediment analysis; Qualitative method; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LINEAR EQUATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MARINE SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE METHOD;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 39749177615     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701870260     Document Type: Article

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