Metals removal during estuarine mixing of Arvand River water with the Persian Gulf water

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-536

  Karbassi, Abdolreza ^a   Bidhendi, Gholam ^a   Saeedi, Mohsen ^b   Rastegari, Azadeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arvand River; estuarine mixing; flocculation; heavy metals; Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649505515     PISSN: 18961517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10085-010-0011-x     Document Type: Article

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