Heavy metal contamination in surface sediments of Yangtze River intertidal zone: An assessment from different indexes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1533-1543

  Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Feng, Huan ^b   Chang, Jinna ^a   Qu, Jianguo ^a   Xie, Hongxia ^a   Yu, Lizhong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Intertidal zone sediments; Sediment quality criteria; Yangtze River estuary

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATIONS; INTERTIDAL ZONE SEDIMENTS; METAL CONTAMINATIONS; SAMPLING STATIONS; SEDIMENT QUALITY CRITERIA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVERS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON CLUSTERS; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; FIRE HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PORTS AND HARBORS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 63249124702     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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