Toxic element levels in the phosphate deposits of central Jordan

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-215

  Batarseh, Mufeed ^a   El Hasan, Tayel ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; ICP MS; Jordan; Phosphate; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MERCURY (METAL); ORES; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CRUSTAL ROCKS; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; FERTILIZER INDUSTRIES; ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA- MASS SPECTROMETRIES; JORDAN; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHATE ORES; ROCK CONTENTS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS;

PHOSPHATE MINES;

EID: 61649109277     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802660214     Document Type: Article

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