Enrichment factor and geo-accumulation index of trace metals in sediments of the ship breaking area of Sitakund Upazilla (Bhatiary-Kumira), Chittagong, Bangladesh

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-137

  Hasan, Asma Binta ^a   Kabir, Sohail ^a   Selim Reza, A H M ^a   Nazim Zaman, Mohammad ^b   Ahsan, Aminul ^c   Rashid, Mamunur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research   (Bangladesh)

^c BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chittagong; Geo accumulation index; Sitakund Upazilla

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG; CONTAMINATION INDEX; CONTROL SITES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; RECOMMENDED VALUES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SITAKUND UPAZILLA; STUDY AREAS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHIPS;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMMISSIONING; ENRICHMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; LEAD; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHIPPING; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84872369761     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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