Abstract
Fifty-seven sediment samples were collected from Abu Dhabi coastal area, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The concentrations of heavy metals including antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, cobalt, copper, mercury, lead, molybdenum, nickel and zinc were obtained using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and X-ray fluorescence. Heavy metal contaminations in Abu Dhabi had increased since 2004. Nevertheless, the enrichment factors, geoaccumulation indices and the pollution load index of 0.3 showed no pollution with any of the measured metals except arsenic.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 494-498 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 10 Feb 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
Keywords
- Abu Dhabi coastal area in the United Arab Emirates
- Enrichment factor
- Geoaccumulation index
- Heavy metals contamination
- Pollution load index
- Sediments
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