Distribution and enrichment of heavy metals in a sediment core from the Pearl River Estuary

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-275

  Liu, Baolin ^a,b   Hu, Ke ^a   Jiang, Zhenglong ^a   Yang, Juan ^a   Luo, Ximing ^a   Liu, Aihua ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Sediment core; The Pearl River Estuary

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; GEMS; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; LEAD SMELTING; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; ZINC SMELTING;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT; INDEX OF GEO ACCUMULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGES; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GEOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; ION EXCHANGE; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; QIAO ISLAND; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 78650996583     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0520-8     Document Type: Article

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