Environmental assessment of Dhaka City (Bangladesh) based on trace metal contents in road dusts

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 975-985

  Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Bibi, M Hawa ^a   Ishiga, Hiroaki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dhaka City environment; Rare earth elements; Street dust; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

DUST; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REGIONAL PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DHAKA, BANGLADESH; STREET DUST; TRACE METALS; TRAFFIC DENSITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846114680     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0367-1     Document Type: Article

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