Metals contamination along the watershed and estuarine areas of southern Bohai Sea, China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 453-463

  Xu, Li ^a,b   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Ni, Kun ^a,b   Liu, Shijie ^a,b   Wang, Pei ^a,b   Xie, Shuangwei ^a,b   Meng, Jing ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaoqi ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Land use; Metals; Risk assessment; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BOHAI SEA; DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ESTUARINE AREAS; GOLD MINING; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTENT; SOIL METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

LAND USE; LEAD; METALS; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GOLD MINE; LAND USE; METAL; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE; MINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIVER; SEA; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84884162013     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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