Assessment of sediment quality according to heavy metal status in the West port of Malaysia

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2011, Pages 633-637

  Tavakoly Sany, B ^a   Sulaiman, A H ^a   Monazami, G H ^a   Salleh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Sediment quality guidelines; West port

Indexed keywords

CONTROL POINT; DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; DRY WEIGHT; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; MALAYSIA; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; RAINY SEASONS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; WEST PORT;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

EID: 84871313178     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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