An assessment of selected heavy metal contamination in the surface sediments from the South China Sea before 1998

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Zhu, Laimin ^a   Xu, Jiang ^b   Wang, Fei ^a   Lee, Ben ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Oceanic Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Metal contamination; South China Sea (SCS); Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHT; EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL POLLUTION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; METALS; POLLUTION; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

COPPER;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 78649648078     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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