An extreme value analysis of pollutant concentrations in surface soils due to atmospheric deposition

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1729-1746

  Huang, Yu Li ^a   Batterman, Stuart ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Extreme value theory; Leaching; Risk assessment; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342456470     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714044794     Document Type: Article

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