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Detection of heavy metal pollution in estuarine sediments

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Anomalies in the concentrations of heavy metals in estuarine sediments may not be reliably detected based on the measured concentration values or the ratios of metal concentrations to those of a reference element because of natural variations in both. However, the departure of a measurement from a regression line between metal and reference element concentrations may serve as a criterion for detecting an anomaly. The procedure has been applied to a suite of 34 sediments from a Florida estuary.

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  1. Department of Oceanography and Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, FL, USA

    James O. Pilotte, John W. Winchester & Robert C. Glassen

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Pilotte, J.O., Winchester, J.W. & Glassen, R.C. Detection of heavy metal pollution in estuarine sediments. Water Air Soil Pollut 9, 363–368 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280685

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