Factors controlling the distribution of metals in intertidal mudflat sediments of Vaitarna estuary North Maharashtra Coast, India

dc.contributor.author	Volvoikar, S.P.
dc.contributor.author	Nayak, G.N.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-04T04:37:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-04T04:37:02Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.citation	Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 7(12); 2014; 5221-5237.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-013-1162-4
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/3150
dc.description.abstract	Sediment cores collected from intertidal mudflats of Vaitarna estuary were investigated for distributions of sediment components, organic carbon, metals (iron, manganese, aluminum, copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, and lead) in bulk sediments, as well as clay-sized fraction (less than 2 mu m). Sorting of grain size under the influence of varying hydrodynamic energy conditions within Vaitarna estuary was discussed. Index of geoaccumulation indicated different levels of contamination for the studied metals at three locations. Pb and Zn were mainly found to be associated with clay fraction and showed exclusive lithogenic origin. While all the other metals showed signatures of anthropogenic origin in addition to that of lithogenic.	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer Verlag (Germany)	en_US
dc.subject	Marine Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Factors controlling the distribution of metals in intertidal mudflat sediments of Vaitarna estuary North Maharashtra Coast, India	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
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