Assessment of the sediment contamination by heavy metals of the Cheliff River, Algeria

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-192

  Belhadj, Mohamed ^a   Ghezzar, Moffok Redouane ^a   Abdelmalek, Fatiha ^a   Benahmed, Ahmed Aïssa ^b   Ouddane, Baghdad ^b   Addou, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Heavy metal; Industrial effluent; River sediment; Statistical analysis; The Cheliff River

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; POLLUTANT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; CHELIF BASIN; CHLEF; NORTH AFRICA; RELIZANE; TIARET;

EID: 33645704797     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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