Vertical distribution of heavy metals and enrichment in the South China Sea sediment cores.

• Main Authors: Ebrahim Saraee, Khadijeh Rezaee, Saion, Elias, Yap, Chee Kong, Abdi, Mohammad Reza, Alireza, Riyahi Bakhtiari
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: University of Tehran 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17595/1/Vertical%20distribution%20of%20heavy%20metals%20and%20enrichment%20in%20the%20South%20China%20Sea%20sediment%20cores.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17595/; http://www.sid.ir/en/VEWSSID/J_pdf/108220100433.pdf

Forty seven sediment cores recovered from the South China Sea coasts along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia were analysed for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn using instrumental neutron activation analysis. The results indicate a homogeneous distribution except for As and Pb in all stations....