Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surficial sediments from a tropical river-estuary-shelf system: A case study of Kelantan River, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Wang, Ai-jun, Bong, Chui Wei, Xu, Yong-hang, Hassan, Meor Hakif Amir, Ye, Xiang, Bakar, Ahmad Farid Abu, Li, Yun-hai, Lai, Zhi-kun, Xu, Jiang, Loh, Kar Hoe
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22828/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.010
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

To understand the source-to-sink of pollutants in the Kelantan River estuary and the adjacent shelf area in Malaysia, a total of 42 surface sediment samples were collected in the Kelantan River-estuary-shelf system to analyze for grain size, total organic carbon (TOC) content, Al and heavy metals (C...