Environmental assessment of heavy metal contamination in bottom sediments of Al-Kharrar lagoon, Rabigh, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Youssef, Mohamed ^a,b   El Sorogy, Abdelbaset ^a,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Al Kharrar; Environmental assessment; Heavy metals; Rabigh; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COASTAL LAGOON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; RABIGH; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84971654987     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2498-3     Document Type: Article

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