Mineralogy and geochemistry of Terra Rossa soils, western Sicily: Insights into heavy metal fractionation and mobility

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-67

  Bellanca, Adriana ^a   Hauser, Sergio ^a   Neri, Rodolfo ^a   Palumbo, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

chemical fractionation; heavy metals; mineralogy; Terra Rossa soil

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; ITALY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; MINERALOGY; PARENT MATERIAL; SOIL; TERRA ROSSA;

ITALY, SICILY;

EID: 0030582581     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05336-3     Document Type: Article

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