Distribution, enrichment and sources of heavy metals in surface sediments of the North Yellow Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Huang, Peng ^a   Li, Tie gang ^a   Li, An chun ^a   Yu, Xin ke ^a   Hu, Ning Jing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological risks; Enrichment factor; Heavy metals; North Yellow Sea; Sedimentation flux; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; LEAD; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84889598956     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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