Evaluation of heavy metal mobility in contaminated soils between Abu Qurqas and Dyer Mawas Area, El Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt

Evaluation of heavy metal mobility in contaminated soils between Abu Qurqas and Dyer Mawas Area, El Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt

Abstract Background Heavy metals have dangerous effect on the biota. So, this work aimed to determine the mobility and bioavailability of these metals through the application of pollution indices and geochemical fractionation technique. Thirty-one topsoil samples (20 cm) were collected from the area...

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Main Authors: Ahmed S. A. Asmoay, Salman A. Salman, Amr M. El-Gohary, Hassan S. Sabet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the National Research Centre
Subjects:
Soil
Heavy metals
Pollution
Contaminants
Speciation
Sequential extraction
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42269-019-0133-7

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