Mercury contamination in sandy soils surrounding an industrial emission source (Estarreja, Portugal)

Geoderma

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-339

  Inacio M M ^a   Pereira, V ^a   Pinto, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chloralkali pollution; Heavy metals; Mercury; Portugal; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; MERCURY; PORTUGAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FALLOUT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344110384     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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