Vertical profiles of simultaneously extracted metals (SEM) and acid-volatile sulfide in a changed sedimentary environment: Ghar El Melh Lagoon, Tunisia

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 696-706

  Oueslati, Walid ^a   Added, Ayed ^a   Abdeljaoued, Saadi ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Heavy metals; Lagoon; Reactive fraction; Sediment; Sulphides

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; REACTIVE FRACTION; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTED METALS; SULPHIDES;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 77958487616     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2010.515629     Document Type: Article

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