Pollution assessment of arsenic and other selected elements in the groundwater and soil of the Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Ghrefat, Habes ^a   Waheidi, Mahmoud El ^a   Batayneh, Awni ^b   Nazzal, Yousef ^c   Zumlot, Taisser ^a   Mogren, Saad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Assessment; Groundwater; Gulf of Aqaba; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; GULF OF AQABA; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRACE METAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84955483666     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-5020-4     Document Type: Article

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