Diagnosis of trace metal contamination in sediments: The example of Ensenada and El Sauzal, two harbors in Baja California, Mexico

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-358

  Huerta Diaz, Miguel Angel ^a   Delgadillo Hinojosa, Francisco ^a   Hernández Ayón, Martín ^a   Segovia Zavala, José Antonio ^a   García Esquivel, Zaúl ^a   López Zárate, Héctor ^a   Siqueiros Valencia, Arturo ^a   Galindo Bect, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Enrichment factor; Geochemistry; Grain size; Metals; Sediment pollution; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; BAJA CALIFORNIA; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL CONTAMINATIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; WATER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ENRICHMENT; GRAIN SIZE; PERTURBATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; ENSENADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 48349122168     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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