《Assessment of Metals Concentration and Ecotoxicology of the Sediment Core of Rehri Creek Karachi Coast Pakistan》.pdfVIP

V01．87No．5 434—1443 ACTAGEOLOGICA 0ct．2013 PP．1 S1NICA(EnglishEdition) AssessmentofMetalsConcentrationand oftheSediment Ecotoxicology CoreofRehri Creek，KarachiCoast，Pakistan Muhammad Z．CHAUDHARYl，NasirAHMAD2，AzharMASHIATULLAHl，， MUNIR3and JAVEDl Sajjad Tariq Institute Scienceand Division．Pakistan 1厶otopeApplication ofNuclear TechnologyfPINSTECH)．Nilore Islamabad,Pakistan 2Institute ofGeology,UniversityofthePunjab，Lahore,Pakistan 3 Sciences．BahriaIslamanad,Pakistan ofEarth＆Environmental Department University Abstract：Tracemetalconcentrationswere inarecentsedimentcorecollectedfromthe investigated RehriCreekareaoftheKarachicoast．Sindh．Pakistan．ThecorewassHced at2．5．cm horizontally intervalstodetermine acid-leachabletrace size，sediment matter,and grain composition，pH，organic zinc．Thetracemetalswere ICP．To metals：cadmium，chromium，copper,lcad，andanalyzedby from were separateanthropogenicgeogenicinput，severalapproachesmade，includingcomparison withsediment senseof metalcontaminationand heavy qualityguidelines--ecOtOxicOlogical classification indexes．Grain．sizeandsediment