The pollution of marine sediments by trace elements in the coastal region of Togo caused by dumping of cadmium-rich phosphorite tailing into the sea

Environmental Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-24

  Gnandi, K ^a   Tobschall, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Marine pollution; Phosphorite tailings; Togo; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TAILINGS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PHOSPHORITE TAILINGS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINE WASTE; PHOSPHORITE;

TOGO;

EID: 0033065738     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050396     Document Type: Article

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