History and trends of sediment contamination by heavy metals within and close to a marine area of national interest: The Ligurian Sea off Cogoleto-Stoppani (Genoa, Italy)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 211, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 69-77

  Mugnai, Cristian ^a   Bertolotto, Rosa M ^b   Gaino, Federico ^b   Tiberiade, Christian ^c   Bellucci, Luca G ^a   Giuliani, Silvia ^a   Romano, Stefania ^a   Frignani, Mauro ^a   Albertazzi, Sonia ^a   Galazzo, Davide ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Regionale per l'Ambiente Ligure (ARPAL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cr; Heavy metals; Ligurian Sea; Sediment chronology; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CATCHMENT AREA; COASTAL AREA; CR; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENTS; LIGURIAN SEA; MARINE AREAS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NEARSHORES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SAND CONTENT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; COASTAL ZONES; COPPER; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; ECOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION;

GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77956060191     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0281-8     Document Type: Article

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