Metal pollution in coarse sediments of Tuticorin coast, Southeast coast of India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1205-1209

  Jayaraju, N ^a   Sundara Raja Reddy, B C ^b   Reddy, K R ^b  

^a YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Coastal zone; Metal pollution; Sand fraction; Sediment; Significance

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; POLLUTION; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SILT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; BAY OF BENGAL; COARSE FRACTIONS; COARSE MATERIALS; COARSE SEDIMENTS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; COASTAL WATERS; METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTED MARINE SEDIMENTS; POLLUTION SOURCES; SAND FRACTION; SIGNIFICANCE; SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA;

SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE SEDIMENT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 58149349904     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1220-5     Document Type: Article

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