Modelling trace metal partitioning in forest floors of northern soils near metal smelters

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-240

  MacDonald, J D ^a,b   Hendershot, W H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest floor; NICA Donnan; Stockholm humic model (SHM); Surface complexation model; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOOR; NICA DONNAN; STOCKHOLM HUMIC MODEL (SHM); SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODEL; TRACE METALS;

FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; FULVIC ACID; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIC ACID; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL HORIZON; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; GEOCHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; TREES;

FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33747464754     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.031     Document Type: Article

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