Assessment of metal contamination in coastal sediments of the Maluan Bay (China) using geochemical indices and multivariate statistical approaches

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 43-53

  Wang, Zaosheng ^a   Wang, Yushao ^b   Chen, Liuqin ^a,c   Yan, Changzhou ^a   Yan, Yijun ^a   Chi, Qiaoqiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal sediments; Geochemical indices; Heavy metals; Multivariate statistics; PCA FA; Pollution risk gradients

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL INDICES; MULTIVARIATE METHODS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACHES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; NON-RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; PCA/FA;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAGOON; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; FUJIAN; MALUAN BAY;

BAYS; CADMIUM; CHINA; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84944281400     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.064     Document Type: Article

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