Microplastics and potentially toxic elements in coastal sediments of Iran's main oil terminal (Khark Island)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue , 2017, Pages 720-731

  Akhbarizadeh, Razegheh ^a   Moore, Farid ^a   Keshavarzi, Behnam ^a   Moeinpour, Alireza ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MAPNA Group Co   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coastal sediments; Iran; Marine pollutants; Microplastics (MPs); Potentially toxic elements (PTEs)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROPLASTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL SEDIMENTS; IRAN; MARINE POLLUTANTS; MICROPLASTICS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MICROPLASTIC; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PLASTIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; PLASTIC WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FRACTIONATION; IRAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

BUSHEHR; IRAN; KHARK ISLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRAN; METALS, HEAVY; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85000472443     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.038     Document Type: Article

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