Distribution, sources and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments of the Yangtze River estuary

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao/Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-569

  Fang, Ming ^a   Wu, Youjun ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Jia, Ying ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^b   Wang, Xuetong ^b   Wu, Minghong ^b   Zhang, Chunlei ^c  

^a Shanghai Chemical Monitoring Station for Environment Protection   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Hua Yi Group Technology Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Heavy metals; Sediment; Source; Yangtze River estuary

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CHINA; HANGZHOU BAY; YANGTZE ESTUARY; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84874755106     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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