Sediment Heavy Metals Distribution in Relation to Grain Size at Johor Port: East Coast Peninsular Malaysia

Nor Antonina Abdullah; Noor Azhar Mohd Shazili; Raja Samsul; Lina Idayu Abdullah; Shaufi Sokiman

Sediment Heavy Metals Distribution in Relation to Grain Size at Johor Port: East Coast Peninsular Malaysia

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Date

2015

Authors

Nor Antonina Abdullah

Noor Azhar Mohd Shazili

Raja Samsul

Lina Idayu Abdullah

Shaufi Sokiman

Publisher

Journal of Earth Sciences

Abstract

A total of 20 surficial sediment samples were collected from Johor Port, East Coast of Peninsular Malaysiaon May 2014 by using Smith McIntyre grab. These sediments were analyzed for its grain size using particle size analyzer (PSA) to find out the relationship between grain size and heavy metal concentrations. The concentration of heavy metals were measured from the 63 um fraction of the dried sediments and analyzed using ICPMS. The heavy metals studied were: Fe, Mn, Zn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, As, Co, Cd and Hg. Results showed that the study area was dominated with silt loam (90%) and same percentages of loamy sand (5%) and sandy loam (5%).

Keywords

Sediments, heavy metals, grain size, Johor Port, Malaysia, pollution

Citation

Vol. 1 (2015)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5326

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