Heavy metal contamination from gold mining recorded in Porites lobata skeletons, Buyat-Ratototok district, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1553-1569

  Edinger, Evan N ^a   Azmy, Karem ^a   Diegor, Wilfredo ^a   Siregar, P Raja ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI)   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Coral skeleton; Indonesia; Laser ablation ICP MS; Porites lobata; Submarine mine tailings

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GOLD; GOLD MINES; HEAVY METALS; IRON; LANDFORMS; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MINING; NONMETALS; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; THALLIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSITION METALS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; CORAL REEFS; CORAL SKELETON; GOLD MINING; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATION; INDONESIA; LASER ABLATION ICP-MS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PORITES LOBATA; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; SITE VARIATION; SUBMARINE MINE TAILINGS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

LEAD;

AMALGAM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SILICON; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARAGONITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; FRINGING REEF; GOLD MINE; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION; SHALLOW WATER; SKELETON; TAILINGS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL; CORAL REEF; INDONESIA; MINING; PORITES LOBATA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; INDONESIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BUYAT-RATOTOTOK; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NORTH SULAWESI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 49849102705     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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