Mercury in urban soils: A comparison of local spatial variability in six European cities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 926-936

  Rodrigues, S ^a   Pereira, M E ^a   Duarte, A C ^a   Ajmone Marsan, F ^f   Davidson, C M ^c   Grcman H ^d   Hossack, I ^b   Hursthouse, A S ^b   Ljung, K ^g   Martini, C ^f   Otabbong, E ^g   Reinoso, R ^e   Ruiz Cortes E ^e   Urquhart, G J ^c   Vrscaj B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Mercury; Urban parks; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MERCURY (METAL); PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; URBAN PARKS; URBAN SOILS;

SOILS;

MERCURY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN REGION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; ITALY; LAND USE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SLOVENIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANDALUCIA; AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; ITALY; LJUBLJANA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; SEVILLA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPSALA [SWEDEN]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746649731     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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