Distribution of natural and anthropogenic thallium in the soils in an industrial pyrite slag disposing area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 341, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 159-172

  Yang, Chunxia ^a,b   Chen, Yongheng ^b   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Chang, Xiangyang ^b   Xie, Changsheng ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemical behavior; Pyrite slag; Sequential extraction; Soil contamination; Thallium

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; RAIN; SLAGS; SOILS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION; PYRITE SLAGS; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SLAG DISPOSING AREA;

THALLIUM;

ACID; CARBONIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; PYRITE; RAIN; THALLIUM;

SOIL POLLUTION; THALLIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAG; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 17044407970     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

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