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Table 2 Concentration of heavy metals in the sediments (min, max, average, SD)

From: Heavy metal pollutants and their spatial distribution in surface sediments from Thondi coast, Palk Bay, South India

Elements (mg kg⁻¹)	Fe	Mn	Cr	Cu	Ni	Cd	Pb	Zn
Minimum	42,516	425	231	31	20.1	0.6	10.2	214
Maximum	62,413	896	378	84	35.6	2.5	19.5	298
Average	52,802.3	686.1	290.3	54.7	27.7	1.2	14.1	252.9
SD	6213.3	141	42.3	16.1	3.0	0.5	2.5	21.8
CV [56]	56,300	950	100	55	75	20	12.5	70

SD standard deviation, CV crustal value

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