Heavy metal distribution in the modern soft surface sediments off the Finnish coast of the Gulf of Finland

Baltica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-76

  Vallius, Henry ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cadmium; Concentration; Contamination; Geochemistry; Gulf of Finland; Heavy metals; Mercury; Molybdenum; Pollution; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLYBDENUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 75249091462     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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