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D.H. Loring
Bio: D.H. Loring is an academic researcher from Bedford Institute of Oceanography. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trace metal. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1214 citations.
Topics: Trace metal
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TL;DR: A detailed description of the techniques and analytical procedures for sampling, grain size determinations, and for precise and accurate AAS determination of the major and trace metals in marine sediments and suspended particulate matter is given in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used PCA to define background values for metals in the Ria de Vigo area and concluded that the region is slightly to moderately polluted for some of the studied metals.
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TL;DR: The results of geoaccumulation index reveal that sediments of Wadi Al-Arab are uncontaminated with Mn, Fe, and Cu, moderately contaminated with Zn, and strongly to extremely contaminated with Cd, confirming the complicated behavior of these pollutants.
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TL;DR: In this article, heavy metal assessment in Nador lagoon (Mediterranean coast) was carried out using different environmental indices and compared with consensus-based sediment quality guidelines, showing that heavy metals occur in lagoon sediments largely due to the anthropogenic activities in the area.
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TL;DR: Both major elemental and trace metal concentrations indicated that the sediments represent weathered products of granite and charnockite, and shell fragments in the surface sediments are likely act as a carrier phase for nondetrital metals.
342 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the regional variability of some geochemical parameters in the Gulf of Trieste is considered in terms of their relationship with Al, used as a normalization factor for each element, defined as the ratio between the actual and predicted baseline value.
Abstract: The regional variability of some geochemical parameters in the Gulf of Trieste is considered in terms of their relationship with Al, used as a normalization factor. Baselines calculated from these relationships are used to determine a simple enrichment factor for each element, defined as the ratio between the actual and predicted baseline value. The normalization procedure permits a new non dimensional reference baseline to be obtained that could help to assess the size of possible anomalies and to provide information on the diffusion and dispersion patterns of pollutants inside the monitored area.
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