Flocculation of heavy metals during mixing of freshwater with Caspian Sea water

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1811-1816

  Karbassi, A R ^a   Nouri, J ^b   Mehrdadi, N ^a   Ayaz, G O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Graduate School of the Environment and Energy   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Estuary; Flocculation; Heavy metals; Saline water

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FLOCCULATION; PH EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CASPIAN SEA; COLLOIDAL SIZE FRACTION; ESTUARINE MIXING; SALINITIES;

HEAVY METALS;

COLLOID; FLOCCULATION; FRESHWATER; HEAVY METAL; MIXING; NITROGEN; PH; SALINITY; SEAWATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; HARAZ RIVER; IRAN; MAZANDARAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38749117210     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0786-7     Document Type: Article

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