Steps for restoration of a polluted Egyptian closed lagoon on the Alexandria Mediterranean coast

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1442, 2003, Pages 183-193

  El Rayis, Osman A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Egypt; Organic carbon and metals; Polluted Lagoon Maryout; Restoration; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALEXANDRIA; EGYPT; LAGOON MARYOUT;

RESTORATION;

EID: 0037844513     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp11562s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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