Source contributions to heavy metal fluxes into the Loukous estuary (Moroccan Atlantic Coast)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-183

  Kalloul, Sanaa ^a,b   Hamid, Wafaa ^c   Maanan, Mohamed ^a   Robin, Marc ^a   Sayouty, El Hassan ^c   Zourarah, Bendahhou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

enrichment factor; GIS; heavy metals; Loukous estuary; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GEOACCUMULATION; GIS; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; LOUKKOS ESTUARY; MOROCCO; TANGER-TETOUAN;

EID: 84855985553     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00142.1     Document Type: Article

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