Natural pollution by some heavy metals in the Tigris River, Northern Iraq

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Al Juboury, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; North Iraq; Pollution; Provenance; Tigris River

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; HEAVY METAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOURCE ROCK; TRIBUTARY;

EURASIA; TIGRIS RIVER;

EID: 70349327808     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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