An overview of metal pollution in the Western Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-311

  Mostafa, Alaa R ^a   Barakat, Assem O ^a   Qian, Yaorong ^b   Wade, Terry L ^b   Yuan, Dongxing ^c  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Egypt; Harbor sediments; Metals; Pollution; Sources

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; MINERALOGY; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTS;

METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL POLLUTION;

POLLUTION;

EID: 2542431543     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330490445321     Document Type: Review

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