Distribution of heavy metals and radionuclides in the sediments and their environmental impacts in Nansha Sea area, South China Sea

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 166; p. 112192
• Main Authors: Liu, Jing, Peng, Anguo, Deng, Shuang, Liu, Min, Liu, Guangshan, Li, Chao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Analytical methods; atomic absorption spectrometry; Cadmium; China; Chromium; Cobalt; Contamination assessment; Copper; Cores; Correlation analysis; Ecological risk assessment; Emission analysis; Environment; environmental assessment; Environmental impact; Environmental Monitoring; Geologic Sediments; Germanium; Heavy metal; Heavy metals; Humans; Inductively coupled plasma; Lead; marine pollution; Metal concentrations; Metals; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Nansha Sea area; Nickel; Pollutant load; Pollution index; Pollution load; Radioisotopes; Radionuclide; Radionuclide kinetics; Radium 226; Radium isotopes; Radium radioisotopes; risk; Risk Assessment; Sediment; Sediment samples; Sediments; South China Sea; Spectrometry; Spectroscopy; Statistical analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Zinc; China; South China Sea; Nansha Sea area; Radionuclide; Sediment; Contamination assessment; Heavy metal

Activity concentrations of radionuclides (238U, 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K) in the sediments of eight sampling stations and heavy metal concentrations (Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb) in the sediments of two long cores from Nansha Sea area were obtained by high-purity germanium spectroscopy and induc...