Assessment of heavy metal and oil pollution in surface sediments of south eastern caspian sea using indices

Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 53, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Saeedi, M ^a   Abessi, O ^a   Jamshidi, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian sea; Enrichment factor; Geochemical accumulation index; Heavy metals; Oil pollution; Sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954835864     PISSN: 10258620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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