Quantities and associations of lead, zinc, cadmium, manganese, chromium, nickel, vanadium, and copper in fresh Mississippi delta alluvium and New Orleans alluvial soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 246, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 249-259

  Mielke, H W ^a   Gonzales, C R ^a   Smith, M K ^a   Mielke, P W ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Background soil metal concentrations; GIS, Soil metal maps; Urban geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RIVER WATER; VANADIUM; ZINC;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEAD; LOUISIANA; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN HEALTH; VANADIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033969070     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00462-3     Document Type: Article

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