Seasonal and spatial dynamics of trace elements in water and sediment from Pearl River Estuary, South China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1053-1063

  Zhang, Dawen ^a,b   Zhang, Xia ^a   Tian, Lei ^a,c   Ye, Feng ^a   Huang, Xiaoping ^a   Zeng, Yanyi ^a   Fan, Minling ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c Shaanxi Research Design Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Industry   (China)

Author keywords

Pearl River Estuary; Seasonal changes; Sediments; Spatial variations; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; ESTUARIES; GEMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CU , PB , ZN , CD; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84872841024     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1807-8     Document Type: Article

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