Mobilization, redistribution and bioavailability of potentially toxic elements in Shidiya phosphorites, Southeast Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-444

  Al Hwaiti, M ^a   Matheis, G ^b   Saffarini, G ^c  

^a Jordan Phosphate Mines Company   (Jordan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Mobility; Shidiya phosphates; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; CRUSHING; DRYING; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASHING;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MINERAL PROCESSING; PHOSPHORITE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12844279495     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1173-2     Document Type: Article

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