Subsurface Measurement of Soil Heavy-Metal Concentrations with the SCAPS X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Metals Sensor

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-102

  Elam, W T ^a   Adams, J W ^b   Hudson, K R ^c   McDonald, B ^d   Gilfrich, J V ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c SFA INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Soils; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032376711     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6521(1998)2:2<97::aid-fact5>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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