Concentration of heavy metals in seawater and sediments from the northern Aegean Sea, Greece
The aim of the study presented was to investigate the distribution of heavy metals in seawater and sediments in areas, which face increasing marine pollution problems, due to the industrialization and especially in the closed gulfs of Thermaikos and Kavala in north Aegean sea. The city of Thessaloniki with more than 1,200,000 inhabitants and the surrounding industrial area use Thermaikos Gulf as the final receiver for their liquid wastes. The Gulf of Thermaikos receives domestic, agricultural, industrial and natural runoff from a heavily populated and fairly industrialized area. The heavy metal contamination is mainly affected by industrial wastes from oil refinery, steel industry, a fertilizer plant and some other industries located in the industrial area, west of the city.
- Research Organization:
- Aristotoelian Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- OSTI ID:
- 5328425
- Journal Information:
- Chemosphere; (United States), Vol. 12:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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PETROLEUM REFINERIES
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