The distribution and speciation of trace metals in surface sediments from the Pearl River Estuary and the Daya Bay, Southern China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1364-1371

  Yu, Xiujuan ^a,b   Yan, Yan ^a,b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Daya Bay; Pearl River Estuary; Sediment; Sequential extraction; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

BCR SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; CHEMICAL PARTITIONING; DAYA BAY; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NON-RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PHASE PARTITIONING; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOUTHERN CHINA; SUBBASINS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL; WESTERN SIDE;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; EXTRACTION; GEMS; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC; METAL; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDRAULICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METAL EXTRACTION; PHASE PARTITIONING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DAYA BAY; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 77955419857     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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