Spatial variation, environmental assessment and source identification of heavy metals in sediments of the Yangtze River Estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 364-373

  Wang, Jiawei ^a   Liu, Ruimin ^a   Zhang, Peipei ^a   Yu, Wenwen ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a   Feng, Chenghong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Heavy metals; Source identification; Spatial variation; Yangtze river estuary

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SILICON; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ESTUARY; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925545392     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.048     Document Type: Article

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