Distribution of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of the Bay of Bengal Coast

Table 1

Measured concentrations of major elements in the coastal sediments.

	Si (%)	Fe (%)	Al (%)	K (%)	Ca (%)
Sample 1	63.81	12.97	10.34	7.33	2.55
Sample 2	63.44	13.6	10.34	7.79	2.9
Sample 3	71.96	8.95	7.83	6.63	2.93
Sample 4	73.36	9.02	7.28	6.31	1.99
Sample 5	62.91	13.4	11.65	7.6	2.4
Sample 6	66.93	10.92	10.6	7.28	2.39
Sample 7	62.77	14.56	10.11	7.99	2.28
Sample 8	63.09	13.48	11.47	7.76	2.08