Arsenic background concentrations in florida, u.S.a. surface soils: Determination and interpretation

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-126

  Chen, Ming ^a   Ma, Lena Q ^b   Hoogeweg, C G ^b   Harris, W G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Background concentration; Baseline concentration; Geographic distribution; Soils; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373540     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2001.0050     Document Type: Article

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