Occurrence, distribution and provenance of micro plastics: A large scale quantitative analysis of beach sediments from southeastern coast of South Africa
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Occurrence, distribution and provenance of micro plastics: A large scale quantitative analysis of beach sediments from southeastern coast of South Africa
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Keywords
Microplastics, Occurrence, Degradation, SEM/EDS & FTIR, Beach sediments, South African coast
Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 746, Issue -, Pages 141103
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Online
2020-07-25
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141103
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