Heavy metal and arsenic distributions in sediments of the Elba-Argentario basin, southern Tuscany, Italy

Environmental Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-92

  Leoni, Leonardo ^a,b   Sartori, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION SOURCE; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTARY CONTAMINATION;

ITALY, TUSCANY, ELBA-ARGENTARIO BASIN;

EID: 0030868667     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050196     Document Type: Article

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