Anthropogenic effects on sediment quality offshore southwestern Taiwan: Assessing the sediment core geochemical record

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1200-1210

  Selvaraj, Kandasamy ^a,b   Parthiban, Gopal ^b,c   Arthur Chen, Chen Tung ^b   Lou, Jiann Yuh ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d Naval Academy   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Detrital dilution; Industrial slag; Metal enrichment; Sediment quality; Southwestern Taiwan; Waste dumping

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCIUM; CORE ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAGNESIUM; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SLAG; STEEL; STRONTIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEATHERING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77953137752     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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