Correlation assessment and monitoring of the potential pollutants in the surface sediments of Pyeongchang River, Korea

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-162

  Kabir, Md Imran ^a,c   Lee, Hosik ^a   Kim, Geonha ^b   Jun, Taesung ^a  

^a Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^b Hannam University   (South Korea)

^c SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ecological risk index; Heavy metals; Pollution load index; Priority index; Sediments; Simplified geoaccumulation risk index

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960130483     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(11)60083-8     Document Type: Article

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