Heavy metal concentration in the urban environment of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-602

  Alemayehu, Tamiru ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Addis Ababa; Heavy metals; Hydrothermal activity; Industrial effluent; Soils

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROCKS; SOILS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

ADDIS ABABA; GEOGENIC SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 33749361452     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380600959081     Document Type: Article

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