Ecological consideration of trace element contamination in sediment cores from Sundarban wetland, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1213-1225

  Silva Filho, E V ^a   Jonathan, M P ^b   Chatterjee, M ^c   Sarkar, S K ^c   Sella, S M ^a   Bhattacharya, A ^c   Satpathy, K K ^d  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

India; Sediment cores; Sundarban wetland; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RISKS; CORE SEDIMENTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE AREAS; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRIES; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIME; IN-SITU; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; METAL ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION LOADS; QUALITY CRITERIA; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT CORES; SUNDARBAN WETLAND; THRESHOLD EFFECT LEVELS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BARIUM; BENCHMARKING; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BENCHMARKING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRITICAL LOAD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROXIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WETLAND;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 79959658085     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0795-9     Document Type: Article

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