Heavy metal accumulation in the surficial sediments along southwest coast of India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1887-1900

  Udayakumar, P ^a   Jose, J Jean ^a   Krishnan, K Anoop ^a   Kumar, C S Ratheesh ^b   Manju, M N ^b   Salas, P M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal sediments; Contamination; Heavy metals; Pollution indices; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

COASTAL SEDIMENTS; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; POLLUTION INDEX; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC;

COPPER;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84907596599     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3097-9     Document Type: Article

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