Arsenic distribution in the quaternary sediments of the median valley of the Pecora stream (Grosseto, Italy)

Brownfield Sites II: Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 201-209

  Costagliola, P ^a   Benvenuti, M ^a   Benvenuti, M G ^a   Innocenti, A ^a   Mascaro, L ^a   Paolieri, M ^a   Rossato, L ^a   Tanelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Arsenic; Baseline; Geogenic; Southern Tuscany

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CLIMATE CONTROL; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; PYRITES; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC; BASELINE; GEOGENIC; MIDDLE PORTION OF PECORA VALLEY (MPV); SOUTHERN TUSCANY; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 12244304444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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