Identifying Metals Contamination in Soil: A Geochemical Approach

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Myers, Jonathan ^a   Thorbjornsen, Karen ^b  

^a Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Background; Geochemical correlations; Metals; Naturally occurring; Soil

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

METAL CONTAMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0842328823     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330490269732     Document Type: Article

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