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Trace metals in seawater

Trace metals in seawater
Trace metals in seawater

The major advances in knowledge of the concentrations and distributions of trace metals in the seas and oceans have occurred since the mid 1970s. This progress reflects major breakthroughs in procedures for essentially contamination-free (clean) sampling, the adoption of clean methodologies for handling and analysis of samples, and improvements in the analytical methods themselves. The extent of progress by the early 1980s was demonstrated by the major collection of papers edited by Wong et al. 1 Overviews of the subject have been given by Burton and Statham 2 and Bruland. 3 With the improved knowledge of the true variations in the concentrations of metals within the ocean, many systematic features in their distributions have become apparent. It has been possible to classify their marine geochemical behaviors and to interpret these in terms of the interactions of the dissolved chemical species with particulate material, which reflect the fundamental bonding properties of the elements.4

5-25
CRC Press
Burton, James D.
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Statham, Peter J.
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Furness, Robert W.
Burton, James D.
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Statham, Peter J.
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Furness, Robert W.

Burton, James D. and Statham, Peter J. (2018) Trace metals in seawater. In, Furness, Robert W. (ed.) Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment. CRC Press, pp. 5-25. (doi:10.1201/9781351073158).

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The major advances in knowledge of the concentrations and distributions of trace metals in the seas and oceans have occurred since the mid 1970s. This progress reflects major breakthroughs in procedures for essentially contamination-free (clean) sampling, the adoption of clean methodologies for handling and analysis of samples, and improvements in the analytical methods themselves. The extent of progress by the early 1980s was demonstrated by the major collection of papers edited by Wong et al. 1 Overviews of the subject have been given by Burton and Statham 2 and Bruland. 3 With the improved knowledge of the true variations in the concentrations of metals within the ocean, many systematic features in their distributions have become apparent. It has been possible to classify their marine geochemical behaviors and to interpret these in terms of the interactions of the dissolved chemical species with particulate material, which reflect the fundamental bonding properties of the elements.4

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e-pub ahead of print date: 18 January 2018
Published date: January 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 423157
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423157
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Date deposited: 19 Sep 2018 16:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 21:45

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Author: James D. Burton
Editor: Robert W. Furness

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