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Geochemistry of core sediments from Mullipallam creek, South East coast of India

verfasst von: M. Sundararajan, Usha Natesan

Erschienen in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Ausgabe 5/2010

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The Mullipallam creek in Muthupet mangroves region is the only E-W trending coastal strip in the SE coast of India and is very important, as the mangrove acts as a barrier to natural diasters. Natural, anthropogenic signals and accumulation of elements were made by collecting sediment samples at various depths in a core. All sediments were analyzed for carbonates (CaCO₃), organic carbon (OC), major (Si, Al, Fe, Na, K, Ca, Mg, P), and trace (Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Co, Pb, Zn). Normalization with Al values has been done for all the major and trace elements and enrichment factors have been calculated. The calculated enrichment factors and comparison indicate that the trace metals (especially Pb) are enriched mainly due to the external (anthropogenic) activities in the land as well as in the coastal zone (Palk Strait).

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Titel: Geochemistry of core sediments from Mullipallam creek, South East coast of India
verfasst von: M. Sundararajan
Usha Natesan
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2010
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Ausgabe 5/2010
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Elektronische ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0414-9

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