title: Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Science, University of Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Rashdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Science & Public Health, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: alya.arabi@zu.ac.ae.
authors.forename: Alya A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Arabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Science & Public Health, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Fares M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Howari
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Science, University of Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
authors.forename: Abdi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siad
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D014479:United Arab Emirates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Abu Dhabi coastal area in the United Arab Emirates; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Heavy metals contamination; Pollution load index; Sediments