Chronological reconstruction of metal contamination in the Port of Maó (Minorca, Spain)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1632-1640

  Garcia Orellana, J ^a   Canas L ^b   Masque P ^a   Obrador, B ^b   Olid, C ^a   Pretus, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

210Pb; Contamination; Dredging; Harbour; Mediterranean; Metals; Sediment chronology

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; METALS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTS;

210PB; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; HARBOUR; MEDITERRANEAN; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON; SILVER; SODIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DREDGING; HARBOR; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; METAL; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SPAIN;

EID: 79960437202     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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