Spatial distribution of heavy metals in the coastal zone of "sfax-Kerkennah" plateau, Tunisia

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-233

  Nedia, Ghannem ^a   Chafai, Azri ^b   Moncef, Serbaji Mohammed ^a   Chokri, Yaich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Enrichment factors; geoaccumulation index; metal pollution; principal component analysis; sediment; Sfax coastal zone

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; METAL POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SFAX COASTAL ZONE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

COPPER;

EID: 79958104479     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10462     Document Type: Article

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