Release of heavy metals during weathering of the Lower Cambrian Black Shales in western Hunan, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1137-1147

  Peng, Bo ^a   Song, Zhaoliang ^b   Tu, Xiangling ^b   Xiao, Meilian ^c   Wu, Fucheng ^a   Lv, Huanzhe ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Heavy metals; Release; The Lower Cambrian Black Shales; Weathering; Western Hunan

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHERING;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; TOPSOILS;

SHALE;

BLACK SHALE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 3042824176     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-0974-7     Document Type: Article

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