Anthropogenic platinum group element (Pt, Pd and Rh) concentrations in road dusts and roadside soils from Perth, Western Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 317, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 121-135

  Whiteley, J D ^a   Murray, F ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Platinum group elements (PGE); Road dusts; Roadside soils; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; COMPOSITION; DUST; ION EXCHANGE; MICROWAVES; PLATINUM; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS;

ROADSIDE SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CERIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; LEAD; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; YTTRIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DUST; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATALYSIS; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LAND DRAINAGE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SOIL; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0242468232     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00359-0     Document Type: Article

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