Distribution and accumulation of metals in the surface sediments of Coleroon River Estuary, East Coast of India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-417

  Anithamary, Irudhayanathan ^a   Ramkumar, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Venkatramanan, Senapathi ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coleroon estuary; Correlation matrix; East coast of India; Metals

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION MATRIX; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; DISTRIBUTION OF METAL; EAST COAST OF INDIA; FINE PARTICLES; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

METALS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84858070104     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0504-8     Document Type: Article

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