Metal concentrations in sediments of the Tamsui River, flows through central metropolitan Taipei

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 628-634

  Lai, Dong Shang ^a   Lin, Jye Bin ^a   Liu, Wen Shan ^b   Pan, Lung Kwang ^c   Chu, Kuang Hua ^c,d   Chen, Chien Yi ^a   Lin, Ding Bang ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Instrumental neutron activation analysis; Mangrove; Metals; Sediments; Tamsui River

Indexed keywords

AL-METAL; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; EARTH CRUSTS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHERN TAIWAN; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; RIVERS; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77954456637     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-9959-2     Document Type: Article

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