Decorative landscaping rock as a source for heavy metal contamination, Las Vegas, Nevada

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-480

  Mrozek, Stephanie A ^a   Buck, Brenda J ^a   Drohan, Patrick J ^a   Brock, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Salt minerals; Sulfate; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DROUGHT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MINERALOGY; ROCKS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DECORATIVE ROCKS; SALT MINERALS; SULPHATES; URBAN SOILS;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 33750137135     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380600847716     Document Type: Article

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