Evaluation of the effluent water quality produced at phosphate mines in Central Jordan

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-137

  Jiries, Anwar ^a   El Hasan, Tayel ^a   Al Hweiti, Mohammad ^b   Seiler, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Jordan Phosphate Mines Company   (Jordan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effluent water; Heavy metals; Phosphate mines; Sodium adsorption ratio; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MUS;

EID: 13944262828     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-004-0053-z     Document Type: Article

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