Application of geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor for assessing metal contamination in the sediments of Kafrain Dam, Jordan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 95-109

  Ghrefat, Habes A ^a   Abu Rukah, Yousef ^b   Rosen, Marc A ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Dam sediments; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Jordan; Metals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; BANK SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENT AREA; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAM SITE; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HIGH-CONTENT; JORDAN; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL POLLUTION; RETURN WATER; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STUDY AREAS; UNTREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; XRD ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CADMIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; DAMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CORRELATION; ENRICHMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JORDAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JORDAN; METALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

JORDAN;

EID: 79960420939     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1675-1     Document Type: Article

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