Metals distribution in soils around the cement factory in southern Jordan

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-394

  Al Khashman, Omar A ^a   Shawabkeh, Reyad A ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cement; Jordan; Metals; Soil; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CHROMIUM; METALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; JORDAN; URBAN SOILS;

SOILS;

CADMIUM; CEMENT; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; METAL DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

CEMENT; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRAFFIC;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATIONS; CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRY; IRON; JORDAN; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33344471144     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.023     Document Type: Article

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