Evaluation of the anthropogenic influx of metal and metalloid contaminants into the Moulay Bousselham lagoon, Morocco, using chemometric methods coupled to geographical information systems

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4729-4741

  Maanan, Mehdi ^a,b   Landesman, Catherine ^c   Maanan, Mohamed ^a   Zourarah, Bendahhou ^b   Fattal, Paul ^a   Sahabi, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c SUBATECH   (France)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; METALLOID;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; GIS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MOROCCO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALLOIDS; METALS, HEAVY; MOROCCO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GHARB-CHRARDA-BENI HSSEN; MERJA ZERGA; MOROCCO;

EID: 84879693370     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1399-6     Document Type: Article

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