Vertical distribution of heavy metals and enrichment in the South China Sea sediment cores

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 877-886

  Kh, Rezaee ^a   Saion, E B ^b   Yap, C K ^b   Abdi, M R ^a   Riyahi Bakhtiari, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Degree of contamination; Enrichment factor; Heavy metals; Peninsular Malaysia; Sediment cores pollution; South China sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ENRICHMENT; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 79953040691     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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