Heavy metal distribution in valley sediments in Wadi Al-Karak catchment area, South Jordan

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-116

  El Hasan, T ^a   Jiries, A ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Arid regions; Environmental indicator; Heavy metals; Pollution index; Stream sediments

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

JORDAN;

EID: 0034837633     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010918014577     Document Type: Article

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