Distribution of heavy metals in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China: Implications for sources and historical changes

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-588

  Ye, Feng ^a,b   Huang, Xiaoping ^a   Zhang, Dawen ^a   Tian, Lei ^a,b   Zeng, Yanyi ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Historical change; Metal pollution; Sediment; Spatial distribution; The Pearl River Estuary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HISTORICAL CHANGES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL POLLUTION; PEARL RIVER; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SOUTHERN CHINA; TRACE METAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY MAXIMA;

LEAD; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY;

ESTUARIES;

HEAVY METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL; TURBIDITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BAY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HISTORY; HUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; BAYS; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84859819959     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60783-3     Document Type: Article

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