Geochemical assessment of metal concentrations in sediment core of Korangi Creek along Karachi Coast, Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6677-6691

  Chaudhary, M Z ^a   Ahmad, N ^b,c   Mashiatullah, A ^a   Ghaffar, A ^a  

^a Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory Isotope Application Division   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Korangi; Metals; Pollution; Sediments; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; KORANGI; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NUCLEAR ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; POLLUTION LOAD INDICES; TOXICOLOGY;

BLAST ENRICHMENT; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; MARINE POLLUTION; METALS; NICKEL; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PAKISTAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTON INDUCED X RAYS EMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PAKISTAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84879839807     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3056-4     Document Type: Article

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