Heavy metals concentrations and usability of groundwater at Mahd Adh Dhahab gold mine, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 259-270

  Al Hobaib, Abdullah S ^a   Al Jaseem, Q Kh ^a   Baioumy, Hassan M ^b   Ahmed, Ahmed H ^c,d  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^c Helwan University   (Egypt)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heavy metals; Mahd Adh Dhahab; Pollution; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GOLD MINE; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; MINING; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84871939931     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0344-1     Document Type: Article

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