Aluminium in the south-eastern Mediterranean waters off the Egyptian coast

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-355

  El Nady, F E ^a   Dowidar, N M ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Flux; Iron; River Nile; Silicon; South eastern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM; COASTAL WATERS; IRON; SILICON;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0031239678     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0192     Document Type: Article

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