Metals in Estuarine Sediments: Factor Analysis and Its Environmental Significance
- 23 October 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 214 (4519) , 441-443
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.214.4519.441
Abstract
Q-mode factor analysis has been used to partition the variability of environmentally active metals in Delaware Bay sediments. Three factors, identified as a natural background source, an oceanic or seawater source, and an estuarine source, account for 96 percent of the metal variability.Keywords
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