Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8208748 | Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 2018 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
Fifty-five core marine sediments from three locations at South China Sea and one location each at Sulu Sea and Sulawesi Sea of coastal East Malaysia were analyzed for heavy metals by instrumental neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy. The enrichment factor and the modified degree of contamination were used to calculate the anthropogenic and pollution status of the elements in the samples. The enrichment factor of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn varied from 0.42-4.26, 0.50-2.34, 0.31-0.82, 0.20-0.61, 0.91-1.92, 0.23-1.52, and 0.90-1.28, respectively, with the modified degree of contamination values below 0.6. Comparative data showed that coastal East Malaysia has low levels of contamination.
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Authors
Ahmadreza Ashraf, Elias Saion, Elham Gharibshahi, Chee Kong Yap, Halimah Mohamed Kamari, Md Suhaimi Elias, Shamsiah Abdul Rahman,