Rare earth elements distribution in marine sediments of Malaysia coasts

Journal of Rare Earths

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1066-1071

  Khadijeh, Rezaee Ebrahim Saraee ^a   Elias, Saion B ^a   Wood, Abdul Khalik ^b   Reza, Abdi Mohammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

enrichment factor; marine sediments; rare earth elements; shale average; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; COASTAL ZONES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LANDFORMS; RARE EARTHS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BASELINE DATA; CONCENTRATION OF; CORE SEDIMENTS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EAST COAST; EAST MALAYSIA; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ICP-AES; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MALAYSIA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

EID: 73049102873     PISSN: 10020721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(08)60390-7     Document Type: Article

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