Speciation of selected heavy metals geochemistry in surface sediments from Tirumalairajan river estuary, east coast of India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6563-6578

  Venkatramanan, S ^a   Ramkumar, T ^a   Anithamary, I ^a   Jonathan, M P ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

East coast of India; Metals; Sequential extraction; Tirumalairajan estuary

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAST COAST OF INDIA; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; RESIDUAL PHASE; RISK ASSESSMENT CODE; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESTUARIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

EXTRACTION;

HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METAL EXTRACTION; MONSOON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; SEASHORE; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SILT; SOIL; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIA;

EID: 84879836956     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3047-5     Document Type: Article

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