Heavy metal speciation and mobility assessment of arid soils in the vicinity of Al Ain landfill, United Arab Emirates

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 721-731

  Howari, Fares M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Ctr for Environ Rsrc Management   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Texas A and M Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Landfill; Mobility of ions; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CLAY; EXTRACTION; IRON OXIDES; LAND FILL; NICKEL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ARID SOILS; CLAY FRACTION; COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE OXIDE; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; MOBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CLAY; DESERT; EXTRACTION; LANDFILL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD;

EID: 13444252703     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.006046     Document Type: Article

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