Geochemical baselines of major, minor and trace elements in the tropical sediments of the Terengganu River basin, Malaysia

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-354

  Sultan, Khawar ^a   Shazili, Noor Azhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elements; Environment; Geochemistry; Malaysia; Sediment; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651414029     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(11)60002-4     Document Type: Article

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