Chromium distribution in waters and sediments of the eastern side of The Qatari Peninsula

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Aboul Dahab, O ^a   Al Madfa, H ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

chromium; Doha; leachate; seawater; sediments; speciation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHROMIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTION; CHROMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTAMINATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL SITE;

QATAR;

EID: 0030936302     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05339-9     Document Type: Article

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