Spatial distribution of trace metals (Cd, Pb, Hg, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn) and oligo-elements (Mg, Ca, Na and K) in surface sediments of the Gulf of Tunis (Northern Tunisia)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 229-239

  Ennouri, R ^a   Chouba, L ^a   Magni, P ^b   Kraiem, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gulf of Tunis; Mediterranean Sea; Oligo elements; Principal component analysis; Spatial distribution; Surface sediments; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; FINE FRACTION; GULF OF TUNIS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; MARINE AREAS; MARINE CURRENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METAL ACCUMULATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL; TUNISIA;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CALCIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SODIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULF STREAM; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; OXYGENATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TUNISIA; URBANIZATION;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF TUNIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDJERDA RIVER;

EID: 77952096766     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0829-5     Document Type: Article

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