Variability of organic carbon content in bottom sediment of Pahang river estuary, Pahang, Malaysia

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4253-4257

  Kamaruzzaman, B Y ^a   Siti Waznah, A ^a   Ong, M C ^b   Shahbudin, S ^a   Jalal, K C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Estuarine sediment; Organic carbon; Pahang river estuary; Partical size

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; LASER DIFFRACTION METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC CARBON DISTRIBUTION; PARTICAL SIZE; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE;

ESTUARIES; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 72449183706     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.4253.4257     Document Type: Article

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