Heavy metal concentrations in surface river water and bed sediments at Nile Delta in Egypt

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Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  El Bouraie, Mohamed M ^a   El Barbary, Ahmed A ^b   Yehia, Mohamed M ^a   Motawea, Eman A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bed sediment; Concentration; Heavy metal; Nile Delta; Pollution; River Nile; Rosetta Branch; Surface water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BARIUM; BEDLOAD; CADMIUM; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; LOW FLOW; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NILE RIVER; ROSETTA PROMONTORY;

EID: 83455163101     PISSN: 00395471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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