Influence of 2015 flood on the distribution and occurrence of microplastic pellets along the Chennai coast, India

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 196-204

  Veerasingam, S ^a   Mugilarasan, M ^b   Venkatachalapathy, R ^b   Vethamony, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2015 Chennai flood; Hydrodynamics; Microplastic pellets; Photo oxidation; River discharge; Weathering processes

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; INDIA; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; INDIA; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BEACHES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROPLASTIC; PELLETIZING; POLYPROPYLENES; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; WEATHERING;

CHENNAI; FTIR-ATR SPECTROSCOPY; LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS; MANAGEMENT POLICY; POLYMER COMPOSITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING PROCESS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84973527055     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.082     Document Type: Article

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