Distribution, fractionation, and fluxes of the rare-earth elements in the suspended matter-bottom sediment system in the Mekong and Saigon river estuaries, South China Sea

Authors
Anikiev, VV Botsul, AI Dudarev, OV Kolesov, GM Sapozhnikov, DY Shumilin, EN
Citation
Vv. Anikiev et al., Distribution, fractionation, and fluxes of the rare-earth elements in the suspended matter-bottom sediment system in the Mekong and Saigon river estuaries, South China Sea, GEOCHEM INT, 39(9), 2001, pp. 897-907
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
GEOCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
00167029 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
897 - 907
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7029(200109)39:9<897:DFAFOT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The contents of the rare-earth elements and their distribution in the suspe nded matter-bottom sediment system within the estuaries of the Mekong and S aigon rivers (South China Sea) were studied using neutron activation analys is, The data obtained are used to estimate the fractionation coefficients a nd the sedimentary fluxes of the rare-earth elements in different parts of the area studied. By means of a comparative analysis, the natural processes controlling the behavior of the rare-earth elements in the estuaries of th e Mekong and Saigon rivers (South China Sea) are determined.