Temporal and spatial distribution of trace metals in sediments from the northern Yellow Sea coast, China: Implications for regional anthropogenic processes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 697-705

  Sun, Qianli ^a   Liu, Dongyan ^b   Liu, Tao ^c   Di, Baoping ^b   Wu, Feng ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Pollution; Trace metals; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL CURRENTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHERN YELLOW SEA; POTENTIAL ECO-LOGICAL RISK EVALUATIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; YELLOW SEA;

CESIUM; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

COPPER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL CURRENT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84861182062     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1277-4     Document Type: Article

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