Content and distribution of trace metals in surface sediments from the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and adjacent Arctic areas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 523-527

  Cai, M H ^a,b   Lin, J ^c   Hong, Q Q ^c   Wang, Y ^c   Cai, M G ^c  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chukchi Sea; Northern Bering Sea; Sediment; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; BLACK CARBON; CHUKCHI SEA; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRIES; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; TRACE METAL CONTAMINATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; VANADIUM; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BLACK CARBON; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FREEZE DRYING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960353145     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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