Seasonal variability of total and easily leachable element contents in topsoils (0-5 cm) from eight catchments in the European Arctic (Finland, Norway and Russia)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-274

  Niskavaara, Heikki ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Chekushin, Victor ^c   Kashulina, Galina ^b,d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Central Kola Expedition   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mobility; Northern Europe; Sulphur; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SNOW; SURFACE WATER;

LEACHING; SNOWMELT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; EUROPE; EXTRACTION; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEACHING; MINING; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMELTER; SOIL; SUMMER; WIND;

FINLAND; NORWAY; RUSSIA;

EID: 0030815494     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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