Assessment of contaminants in Dubai coastal region, United Arab Emirates

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 240-250

  Al Darwish, H A ^a   Abd El Gawad, E A ^b   Mohammed, F H ^b   Lotfy, M M ^b  

^a Qilu University of Technology   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dubai; Major oxides; Organic matter; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; IRON; SAND; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISCHARGE; DUBAI; MAJOR OXIDES; ORGANIC MATTER (OM);

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL ZONE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD;

EID: 28344439703     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0078-z     Document Type: Article

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