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

Table 2

Measured concentrations of trace elements in the coastal sediments (mg/kg).

	Ba	U	Zr	Rb	Sr
Sample 1	3.13	2.15	1.42	1.33	0.64
Sample 2	2.70	1.45	1.01	0.71	0.63
Sample 3	4.54	3.64	1.65	1.19	0.82
Sample 4	2.32	2.98	0.95	0.04	0.63
Sample 5	1.80	0.65	1.36	0.57	0.03
Sample 6	2.87	1.08	1.70	0.60	0.57
Sample 7	3.56	1.98	3.01	0.89	0.81
Sample 8	2.86	1.48	1.44	0.70	0.65