Necessity of normalization to aluminum to assess the contamination by heavy metals and arsenic in sediments near Haiphong Harbor, Vietnam

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 229-239

  Ho, Huu Hieu ^a,c   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Cappuyns, Valérie ^a,b   Vassilieva, Elvira ^a   Van Tran, Tan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources VIGMR   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Al normalization; Degree of enrichment; Heavy metals and arsenic; Historical trend; Sediment; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENRICHMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HARBOR; HEAVY METAL; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

HAI PHONG; VIET NAM;

EID: 84863865178     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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