Distribution and contamination of heavy metal in the coastal sediments of Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tavakoly Sany, Seyedeh Belin ^a,b   Salleh, Aishah ^a   Rezayi, Majid ^b   Saadati, Naghmeh ^c   Narimany, Leila ^c   Tehrani, Ghazaleh Monazami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RIFST   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Malaysia; Port Klang; Sediment pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; MALAYSIA; PORT KLANG; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION MAP;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; VANADIUM; ZINC;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEO ACCUMULATION INDEX; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

MALAYSIA; PORT KLANG; SELANGOR; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84874705059     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1476-6     Document Type: Article

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