Pollution load of Pb, Zn, and Cd and mineralogy of the recent sediments of Jordan River/Jordan

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 581-586

  Banat, K M ^a   Howari, F M ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic factor; Cd; Jordan; Jordan River; Pb; Zn

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTOR;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HEAVY METAL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; JORDAN; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

JORDAN; JORDAN RIVER;

EID: 0037234796     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00083-1     Document Type: Review

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