Soil contamination by toxic metals in the cultivated region of Agia, Thessaly, Greece. Identification of sources of contamination

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 615-624

  Skordas, K ^a   Kelepertsis, A ^b  

^a University of Athens ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agia; Factor analysis; Greece; Soil pollution; Spatial interpretation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CULTIVATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

AGIA; ANTHROPOGENICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GREECE; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL INTERPRETATION; TOXIC METALS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY; WORLD;

EID: 26944478608     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1319-x     Document Type: Article

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