Grain-size normalization as a tool to assess contamination in marine sediments: Is the <63 μm fraction fine enough?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 629-632

  Szava Kovats, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Compositional data; Contamination; Grain size; Logratio; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

COMPOSITIONAL DATA; LOGRATIO; MARINE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; GRAIN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SAND; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 41149175084     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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