Heavy metal contamination of soils and plants in the vicinity of a lead-zinc mine, Korea

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 53-59

  Jung, Myung Chae ^a,b   Thornton, Iain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MINING; SOIL PH; ZINC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATION; PLANT; SOIL;

KOREA;

EID: 0029687412     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(95)00075-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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