Cl. Lee et al., CHARACTERIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METALS IN SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS INSOUTHWESTERN TAIWAN, Marine pollution bulletin, 36(6), 1998, pp. 464-471
This study analyses copper, zinc, lead, iron, nickel, chromium and cad
mium concentrations in surficial sediments sampled from major river es
tuaries, harbours and ocean outfall fields in southwestern Taiwan, Gra
in size effect, normalization technique of iron concentration and guid
elines of hazardous assessment suggested by Ontario Ministry of Enviro
nment, Canada are also discussed and/or compared. According to this co
mparison, the Kaohsiung coast appears to be the most polluted area wit
h respect to enrichment of copper and zinc among all the stations stud
ied. Metal contamination has reached a remote and undeveloped area, th
e Feng-Kung Chi estuary, The results demonstrate that normalization te
chniques of grain size and iron concentration can characterize pollute
d marine sediments. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
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