The use of size-normalisation techniques in interpretation of soil contaminant distributions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Birch, G F ^a   Snowdon, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heavy metals; methods; normalization; soil

Indexed keywords

SIZE-NORMALIZATION TECHNIQUES; SOIL CONCENTRATION; SOIL QUALITY;

EXTRACTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPURITIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

POLLUTION; SOIL;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXTRACTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 2542612951     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000038854.02927.1f     Document Type: Article

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