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Trace metal composition of and accumulation rates of sediments in the Upper Gulf of Thailand |
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| Authors: | Herbert L Windom Suchada Silpipat Aurapin Chanpongsang Ralph G Smith Manuwadi Hungspreugs |
| Institution: | 1. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 13687, Savannah, GA 31416, U.S.A.;2. Oceanographic Section, Department of Fisheries, Parknam, Samutprakarn, Bangkok 27, Thailand;3. Department of Marine Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phya Thai Road, Bangkok 5, Thailand |
| Abstract: | Sediment cores and grab samples were collected in the Upper Gulf of Thailand to determine sedimentation rates and to determine if metal concentrations reflect anthropogenic inputs.Accumulation rates of sediments in the Upper Gulf measured using the 210Pb method, appear to vary from ca. 4 to 11 mm yr?1. Sediment budgets suggest that little of the sediment delivered to the Upper Gulf by the major rivers is ultimately transported to the Lower Gulf. Metal concentrations in Upper Gulf sediments appear to be dominantly controlled by natural inputs. |
| Keywords: | sedimentation rates trace elements metals sediments Gulf of Thailand |
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