Accumulation and soil-to-plant transfer of radionuclides in the Nile delta coastal black sand habitats

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-155

  Hegazy, A K ^a   Emam, M H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Mediterranean; Phytoremediation; Thorium; Transfer factor; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; MINERAL; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON DIOXIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BRASSICACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; RIVER; RUMEX; SENECIO; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINERALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; RUMEX; SENECIO; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CAKILE MARITIMA; RUMEX; RUMEX PICTUS; SENECIO; SENECIO GLAUCUS;

EID: 78650739855     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226511003753961     Document Type: Article

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