Heavy Metals in Marine Coastal Sediments: Assessing Sources, Fluxes, History and Trends
- 29 June 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annali di Chimica
- Vol. 94 (7-8), 479-486
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adic.200490061
Abstract
Examples are presented from the Adriatic Sea, the Ligurian Sea and the Venice Lagoon to illustrate different approaches to the study of anthropogenic metals in marine coastal sediments. These examples refer to studies of areal distribution and transport mechanisms, individuation of the sources, sediment dating, chronology of the fluxes, present and past trends. In particular, some of the findings achieved in studying the Venice Lagoon are discussed from the point of view of anthropogenic changes both in sediment composition and contaminant fluxes.Keywords
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