Seasonal Variation of Acid Volatile Sulfide and Simultaneously Extracted Metals in Sediment Cores from the Pearl River Estuary

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 480-496

  Yang, Yongqiang ^a   Zhang, Ling ^b   Chen, Fanrong ^a   Kang, Mingliang ^a,c   Wu, Shijun ^a   Liu, Jinsong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AVS; bioavailability; Heavy metals; seasonal variation; SEM

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; AVS; BIOAVAILABILITY; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METALS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84890710998     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2014.838207     Document Type: Article

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