Surficial and Vertical Distribution of Heavy Metals in Different Estuary Wetlands in the Pearl River, South China

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1174-1184

  Zhang, Honggang ^a   Cui, Baoshan ^a   Zhang, Kejiang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Deland Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution pattern; Heavy metals; Pearl River estuary; Soil depth; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARY; HEAVY METAL; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84867866141     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100730     Document Type: Article

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