Distribution and Contamination Status of Trace Metals in the Mediterranean Coastal Sediments, Egypt

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 656-676

  Okbah, Mohamed A ^a   Nasr, Samir M ^b   Soliman, Naglaa F ^b   Khairy, Mohammed A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

contamination factor; Egypt; enrichment factor; Mediterranean coast; sediments; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION FACTORS; EGYPT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; TRACE METAL;

CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLLUTION; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84893580460     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2014.851644     Document Type: Article

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