Selected trace metals (As, Cd and Hg) distribution and contamination in the coastal wetland sediment of the northern Beibu Gulf, South China Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 252-258

  Gan, Huayang ^a,b   Lin, Jinqin ^a   Liang, Kai ^a   Xia, Zhen ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MARINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beibu Gulf; Coastal wetland; Geochronology; Sediment; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BEIBU GULF; COASTAL WETLANDS; LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CESIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARSENIC; BENTHOS; CADMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METALS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; GULF OF TONKIN; NANLIU RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84872499787     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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