Metals fractionation and evaluation of their risk connected with urban and industrial influx in the Klang River surface sediments, Malaysia

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Naji, Abolfazl ^a   Ismail, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Heavy metals; Risk assessment code; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL; ION EXCHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

KLANG RIVER; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 82755162362     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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