Relationship between heavy metals in mud sediments and beach soil of the River Nile

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-258

  Awadallah, R M ^a   Soltan, M E ^a   Rashed, M N ^b  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b High Dam Lake Development Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WASTE WATER;

BEACH SEDIMENT; IRON; LEAD; PARTITIONING; RIVER SEDIMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EGYPT, NILE RIVER;

EID: 0029667067     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0160-4120(96)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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