Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia

The concentrations of heavy metals (Mn, Co, Cu and Cr) were determined in the surface sediments from Kemaman River estuary using Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The relationship of heavy metal content with sediment particles size was studied. The average concentration of hea...

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Main Authors:	Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ong, Meng Chuan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/1/

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spelling	ukm-312016-12-14T06:26:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/ Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ong, Meng Chuan The concentrations of heavy metals (Mn, Co, Cu and Cr) were determined in the surface sediments from Kemaman River estuary using Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The relationship of heavy metal content with sediment particles size was studied. The average concentration of heavy metals are 597.8 μg/g dry weight, 16.0 μg/g dry weigh, 48.8 μg/g dry weight and 100.4 μg/g dry weight for Mn, Co, Cu and Cr, respectively. All metals showed low Enrichment Factor (EF) values (EF<1) when compared with Al which indicates that the elements in the sediment originated predominantly from crustal material or terigenous in origin. This study shows that there is a positive correlation between the mean particle size and the studied elements. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/1/ Kamaruzzaman Yunus, and Ong, Meng Chuan (2009) Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 38 (5). pp. 631-636. ISSN 0126-6039 http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~jsm/utama.html
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description	The concentrations of heavy metals (Mn, Co, Cu and Cr) were determined in the surface sediments from Kemaman River estuary using Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The relationship of heavy metal content with sediment particles size was studied. The average concentration of heavy metals are 597.8 μg/g dry weight, 16.0 μg/g dry weigh, 48.8 μg/g dry weight and 100.4 μg/g dry weight for Mn, Co, Cu and Cr, respectively. All metals showed low Enrichment Factor (EF) values (EF<1) when compared with Al which indicates that the elements in the sediment originated predominantly from crustal material or terigenous in origin. This study shows that there is a positive correlation between the mean particle size and the studied elements.
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author	Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ong, Meng Chuan
spellingShingle	Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ong, Meng Chuan Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia
author_facet	Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ong, Meng Chuan
author_sort	Kamaruzzaman Yunus,
title	Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia
title_short	Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full	Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia
title_sort	geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of kemaman river estuary,terengganu, malaysia
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2009
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/31/1/
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Geochemical proxy of some chemical elements in sediments of Kemaman River Estuary,Terengganu, Malaysia

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