Atmospheric deposition of major and trace elements in Amman, Jordan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Al Momani, Idrees F ^a   Momani, Kamal A ^c   Jaradat, Qasem M ^c   Massadeh, Adnan M ^b   Yousef, Yaser A ^a   Alomary, Ahmed A ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dry deposition; Fluxes; ICP MS; Major ions; Metals; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DUST; METALS; PH; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DRY DEPOSITION; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS; WET DEPOSITION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR OXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DRY DEPOSITION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST EXPOSURE; ECOSYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JORDAN; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERE; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; JORDAN; METALS; QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 36549043495     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9676-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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