Establishment of the background levels of some trace elements in soils of NE Spain with probability plots

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 255-265

  Tobias F J ^a   Bech, J ^a   Sanchez Algarra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Background levels; Soil pollution; Soil quality; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; PROBABILITY PLOT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BARCELONA; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0343580489     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00240-4     Document Type: Article

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