Residue analysis of organic pollutants in sediments from the Amman/Zarqa area in Jordan. Part I: Development of analytical methods and distribution patterns of PAHs

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 972-978

  Batarseh, Mufeed I ^a,b   Kreuzig, Robert ^b   Bahadir, Müfit ^b  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jordan; PAH; Sediments; TOC; Zarqa river

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

JORDAN;

EID: 0142124221     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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