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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2019.24.1.064

Background Concentration and Contamination Assessment of Heavy Metals in Korean Coastal Sediments  

WOO, JUNSIK (Geosystem Research Corporation)
LEE, HYOJIN (Geosystem Research Corporation)
PARK, JONGKYU (Geosystem Research Corporation)
PARK, KYOUNGKYU (Department of Marine Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
CHO, DONGJIN (Department of Marine Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
JANG, DONGJUN (Department of Marine Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
PARK, SOJUNG (Department of Marine Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
CHOI, MANSIK (Department of Marine Environmental Science, Chungnam National University)
YOO, JEONGKYU (Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.24, no.1, 2019 , pp. 64-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
The background concentrations of heavy metals in Korean coastal sediments were estimated using heavy metal data for 495 sediments obtained from 'National Marine Ecosystem Survey (Coastal ecosystem) in 2016-2017' and the extent of contamination was assessed. Al, Cs, and Li are chosen as appropriate indicators for sediment grain size. In the relationships between heavy metal and indicators concentrations, the lowest slope data were selected through the outlier removal and residual analysis, and the background concentrations were presented as a linear regression line between metal and indicator. Comparing the previous studies for the background concentrations of heavy metals in Korean coastal sediments, concentration levels were generally consistent but those for As and Cd were presented for the first time, and the background concentration using Li as the indicator was presented for the first time.
Keywords
Metals; Korean coastal sediments; Background concentration; Contamination;
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