Article
Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-10-2015
Abstract
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. 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.
DOI Link
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.052
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Disciplines
Keywords
- Abu Dhabi coastal area in the United Arab Emirates,
- Enrichment factor,
- Geoaccumulation index,
- Heavy metals contamination,
- Pollution load index,
- Sediments
Scopus ID
84956592836
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.052
Citation Information
Saeed Al Rashdi, Alya A. Arabi, Fares M. Howari and Abdi Siad. "Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates" Marine Pollution Bulletin Vol. 97 Iss. 1-2 (2015) p. 494 - 498 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0025-326X" target="_blank">0025-326X</a> Available at: http://works.bepress.com/fares-howari/48/