Pt and Pd in sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, South China: Background levels, distribution, and source

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1305-1314

  Zhong, Li feng ^a   Yan, Wen ^a   Li, Jie ^b   Tu, Xiang lin ^b   Liu, Bao ming ^b   Xia, Zhen ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Background; Distribution; Palladium; Pearl River Estuary; Platinum; Sediment; Vehicle exhaust catalyst

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALLADIUM; PLASMA; PLATINUM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84860508271     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0653-7     Document Type: Article

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