Chemical speciation of 12 metals in surface sediments from the northern South China Sea under natural grain size

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 786-792

  Gao, Xuelu ^a,b,c   Chen, Shaoyong ^a   Long, Aimin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SCANDIUM; STRONTIUM; URANIUM; ZINC;

GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GRAIN; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 41149175083     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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