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Chemical Oceanography of Harbour and Coastal Environment of Visakhapatnam (Bay of Bengal): Part II- Nature and Composition of Sediments

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Title Chemical Oceanography of Harbour and Coastal Environment of Visakhapatnam (Bay of Bengal): Part II- Nature and Composition of Sediments
 
Creator Satyanarayana, D
Reddy, B R Prasada
Swamy, A S R
Rao, G Krishna
 
Description 147-150
Harbour and coastal sediments of Visakhapatnam are predominantly silty-sand and sand-silt-clay respectively. High concentration levels of organic matter (OM), total phosphorus (TP), Fe, Zn, Mn, Pb, Cu, Co, Ni and Cd are observed in the inner harbour sediments due to the influx of industrial effluents and domestic sewage. On the other hand, there is no enrichment of Ca and Mg in the harbour when compared with the coastal sediments. Significant positive correlation is observed between finer fraction of the sediment, OM, TP and metals indicating their common association. However, Mn showed negative correlation with all these constituents.
 
Date 2016-12-16T12:17:03Z
2016-12-16T12:17:03Z
1985-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38822
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.14(3) [September 1985]