Anthropogenic heavy metal pollution in the surficial sediments of the Keratsini harbor, Saronikos Gulf, Greece

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 202, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 121-130

  Galanopoulou, Stavroula ^a   Vgenopoulos, Andreas ^a   Conispoliatis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Keratsini harbor; Marine sediments; Pollution

Indexed keywords

GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; KERATSINI HARBOR; MARINE SEDIMENTS; RANGE MEDIAN; SARONIKOS GULF; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CHROMIUM; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; SELENIUM; TUNGSTEN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HARBOR; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; GREECE; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SHIP; WASTE; WATER POLLUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KERATSINI HARBOUR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONIKOS GULF; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69049086706     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9962-y     Document Type: Article

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