Assessment of heavy metal contamination in water and surface sediments of the Maharlu saline Lake, SW Iran

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction A: Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-55

  Moore, F ^a   Forghani, G ^a   Qishlaqi, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Geochemical calculations; Iran; Maharlu saline Lake; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958042722     PISSN: 10286276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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