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Distribution of heavy metals in core marine sediments of coastal East Malaysia by instrumental neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy


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Ashraf, Ahmadreza and Saion, Elias and Gharibshahi, Elham and Yap, Chee Kong and Mohamed Kamari, Halimah and Elias, Md Suhaimi and Mohamed, Shamsiah (2018) Distribution of heavy metals in core marine sediments of coastal East Malaysia by instrumental neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 132. pp. 222-231. ISSN 0969-8043; ESSN: 1872-9800

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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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.11.012
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: INAA and ICP-MS method; Core marine sediments; Heavy metals; Enrichment factor; Modified degree of contamination; East Malaysia
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2020 05:12
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2020 05:12
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54500
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