Assessment on Pollution by Heavy Metals and Arsenic Based on Surficial and Core Sediments in the Cam River Mouth, Haiphong Province, Vietnam

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 415-432

  Ho, Huu Hieu ^a,d   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Cappuyns, Valérie ^a,c   Vassilieva, Elvira ^a   Neyens, Gerda ^b   Rajabali, Mustafa ^b   Van Tran, Tan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Al normalization; contamination; Heavy metals and arsenic; historical trend; sediment; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AL-NORMALIZATION; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND VALUE; CORE SEDIMENTS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; MAIN RIVERS; RED RIVER; RIVER MOUTHS; SEDIMENT CORE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; STUDY AREAS; VIET NAM;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CAMS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCES; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84870584336     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2013.733445     Document Type: Article

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