Baseline concentrations of potentially toxic elements in natural surface soils in Torrelles (Spain)

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Tume, Pedro ^a   Bech, Jaume ^b   Longan, Lluis ^b   Tume, Luis ^c   Reverter, Ferran ^b   Bech, Joan ^b   Sepulveda, Bernardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE PIURA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Background; Baseline concentrations; Catalonia; Soil contamination; Spain; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845510388     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920600996388     Document Type: Article

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