Baseline concentration levels of trace elements as a function of clay and organic carbon contents in soils in Flanders (Belgium)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-123

  Tack, F M G ^a   Verloo, M G ^a   Vanmechelen, L ^a   Van Ranst, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baseline concentrations; Belgium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CLAY CONTENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLAY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BELGIUM, FLANDERS;

EID: 0030847262     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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