Soil and groundwater pollution of an urban catchment by trace metals: Case study of the Addis Ababa region, central Ethiopia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-431

  Demlie, Molla ^a,b   Wohnlich, Stefan ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Aqua regia; Ethiopia; Heavy metals; Pollution; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

AQUA REGIA; ETHIOPIA; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATCHMENT; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; URBAN AREA;

ADDIS ABABA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33845676552     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0337-7     Document Type: Article

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