RETRACTED: Lead in Karvandar River Basin Sediment, Sistan and Balouchestan, IRAN

Javad Shahraki^*, Mohammad Javad Javdan, Seyed Mahmood Pahlavan Hashemi, Mohsen Jami, Mahdiyeh Nastooh, Seyed Mohammad Kalvandi

Department of Geology, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/ojg.2015.58048                

Abstract

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Keywords

Lead, Streambed Sediments, Karvandar River Basin, IRAN, Concentration, Urban/Rural Sites, Nonurban/Rural Sites, Particle-Size Fractions

Conflicts of Interest

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