Source of sediments and metal fractionation in two Chinese estuarine marshes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1535-1544

  Yuan, Xuyin ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Siegel, Donald I ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Changjiang estuary; Jiulong estuary; Marsh; Metal fractionation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; MARSH; MEAN PERCENTAGE; METAL FRACTIONATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC MATTER; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; TIDAL PROCESS; TRACE METAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LEAD; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS; ZINC;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBONATE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COPPER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; LIME; MARSH; ORGANIC MATTER; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA; TIDAL CHANNEL; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED; ZINC;

CHINA; FUJIAN; JIULONG ESTUARY; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 77953636561     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0288-x     Document Type: Article

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