Heavy elements concentrations, physiochemical characteristics and natural radionuclides levels along the Saudi coastline of the Gulf of Aqaba

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Al Trabulsy, Hussain A M ^a   Khater, Ashraf E M ^a,b   Habbani, Farouq I ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Environmental chemistry; Heavy elements; Physiochemical characteristics; Radionuclides levels; Saudi coastline Gulf of Aqaba

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; GULF OF AQABA; HEAVY ELEMENTS; NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; SATURATION PERCENTAGES;

BERYLLIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LANDFORMS; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPES;

URANIUM;

EID: 84875065849     PISSN: 18785352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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