Identify the most important factors that control Nickel and Cadmium dispersal in the recent sediments of Ras AL-Basit coast


Abstract in English

This research focuses on determination the concentration of some heavy metal elements (Nickel Ni and Cadmium Cd) in the coastal water sediments of Ras Al-Basit (Latakia ) during the period that range between Autumn 2013 and Summer 2014 using the Atomic Absorption (Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer: AAS) at two different (closed and open) geographical regions. The results of the research indicate a correlation monumental between the change in the concentration of studied metallic elements (Ni & Cd), the quality and sediment sampling sites on the one hand, and the sources of pollution on the other. It observed the rule of fine sand with minor amount of clay in the sediments collected from closed area; with high concentrations of both Nickel (755.50mg/Kg), and Cadmium (71.30μg/ Kg), compared with the open area while the majority of the sediments are medium sand with low Nickel and Cadmium concentrations (38.85mg/Kg; 13.31μg/ Kg).

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