1 23 Environmental Earth Sciences ISSN 1866-6280 Environ Earth Sci DOI 10.1007/s12665-014-3346-y Heavy metal content in the beach sediment with respect to contamination levels and sediment quality guidelines: a study at Kalpakkam coast, southeast coast of India S. N. Bramha, A. K. Mohanty, K. K. Satpathy, K. V. Kanagasabapathy, S. Panigrahi, M. K. Samantara & M. V. R. Prasad