Spatio-temporal variability of some metal concentrations in the soil of eastern England, and implications for soil monitoring

Geoderma

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 363-379

  Lark, R M ^a   Bellamy, P H ^b   Rawlins, B G ^c  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cokriging; Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Pedometrics; Pseudo cross variogram; Robust estimation; Soil monitoring

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLING; VANADIUM;

COKRIGING; PEDOMETRICS; PSEUDO CROSS-VARIOGRAM; ROBUST ESTIMATION; SOIL MONITORING;

SOILS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745461806     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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