Effects of fertilizer industry emissions on local soil contamination: A case study of a phosphate plant on the east Mediterranean coast

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 873-885

  Kassir, Lina Nafeh ^a,b   Lartiges, Bruno ^b   Ouaini, Naim ^a  

^a HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

^b Nancy University   (France)

Author keywords

dry deposition; phosphate industry; soil contamination; speciation; trace elements

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GYPSUM; HAZARDS; INDUSTRY; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC DRY DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DRY DEPOSITION; ELEMENTS IN SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; FUGITIVE DUST EMISSIONS; ICP-AES; INPUT FLUX; MOBILE PHASIS; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; PHOSPHORUS SPECIES; POLLUTION HAZARDS; POLLUTION SOURCES; PREVAILING WINDS; RISK IMPACT; SAMPLE DATA; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION METHOD; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SURFACES; SPECIATION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS CONCENTRATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

APATITE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; NICKEL; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; ZINC;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; APATITE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONE; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FERTILIZER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STRONTIUM; TOXIC MATERIAL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DRY DEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 84860464904     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.601765     Document Type: Article

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