Chemical and mineralogical forms of Cu and Ni in contaminated soils from the Sudbury mining and smelting region, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Adamo, P ^a,b   Dudka, S ^c,d   Wilson, M J ^a   McHardy, W J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dipto di Scienze Chimico Agraria   (Italy)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDE; SILICATE; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLAY; MINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONTAMINATION; COPPER; METHOD; MINING; NICKEL; SMELTING; SULPHIDE;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SUDBURY;

EID: 0029668398     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00035-P     Document Type: Article

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