Historical trends in trace metal and sediment accumulation in intertidal sediments of Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 300-301, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-164

  Morelli, Guia ^a   Gasparon, Massimo ^a,b   Fierro, Daniela ^c   Hu, Wan Ping ^a   Zawadzki, Atun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Australia; Heavy metals; Intertidal sediments; Moreton Bay

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; MORETON BAY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUEENSLAND; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TRACE METAL; URBAN EXPANSION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEFORESTATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRACE METAL;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84858113246     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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