Distribution of heavy metals in surface sediments from the South China Sea ecosystem, Malaysia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 183, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Rezaee Ebrahim Saraee, Khadijeh ^a   Abdi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Naghavi, Kazem ^b   Saion, Elias ^c   Shafaei, Mohammad Ali ^c   Soltani, Nayere ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Malaysia; Marine ecosystem; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; EAST COAST; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACES; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALAYSIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA; SEA SURFACE WATERS;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 82455162546     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1939-4     Document Type: Article

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