Urban soils as pollutant sinks - A case study from Aberdeen, Scotland

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 129-131

  Paterson, E ^a   Sanka, M ^a,b   Clark, L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTAMINATION; PARK; ROADSIDE SOIL; SOIL; SOIL CONTAMINANT; URBAN ENVIRONMENT; URBAN SOIL;

UK, SCOTLAND, GRAMPIAN, ABERDEEN;

EID: 0029664001     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(95)00081-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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