Heavy metals contamination of soils under oak ecosystems in the Sofia region

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-105

  Doichinova, Vania ^a   Sokolovska, Maria ^a   Velizarova, Emilia ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Concentration coefficient; Enrichment factor; Heavy metals; Oak ecosystems; Principal component analysis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; BULGARIA; CONCENTRATION COEFFICIENTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; OAK ECOSYSTEM; PARENT MATERIALS; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING SITE; URBANIZATION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744797142     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-006-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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