Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Environmental monitoring and investigation of metal biogeochemical cycling has been</p><p>carried out in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), an important and complex system in Southern</p><p>China. In this study, rare earth element (REE) patterns as well as isotope ratios (i.e., Zn and Cd)</p><p>were evaluated as tools to identify contamination sources in… more Full Text: AN INVESTIGATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT PATTERNS AND AN APPLICATION OF USING ZN AND CD ISOTOPE RATIOS IN OYSTERS TO IDENTIFY CONTAMINATION SOURCES IN AN ESTUARY IN SOUTHERN CHINA A Thesis Submitted the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment …