Geochemistry of sediment in the major estuarine mangrove forest of Terengganu region, Malaysia

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1707-1712

  Kamaruzzaman, B Y ^a   Ong, M C ^b   Noor Azhar, M S ^a   Shahbudin, S ^a   Jalal, K C A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Copper; Enrichment factor; Lead; Mangrove forest; Surface sediment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149098365     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2008.1707.1712     Document Type: Article

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