Distribution and environmental impacts of heavy metals and radioactivity in sediment and seawater samples of the Marmara Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 266-275

  Otansev, Pelin ^a   Taşkin, Halim ^b   Başsari, Asiye ^b   Varinlioğlu, Ahmet ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hazard index; Heavy metals; Marmara Sea; Radioactivity; Seawater; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; HAZARD INDICES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL ENRICHMENTS; MARMARA SEA; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CESIUM 137; CHROMIUM; CUPROUS ION; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SEA WATER; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; ZINC ION; RADIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; SEA; SEDIMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; TOXICITY; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; SEAWATER; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84962441100     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.122     Document Type: Article

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