Site-specific natural background concentrations of metals in topsoil from the Trail region, British Columbia, Canada

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Sanei, Hamed ^a   Goodarzi, Fariborz ^a   Hilts, Steven ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background; Environmental assessment; Metals; Smelter; Soil

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GEOLOGY; LEAD SMELTING; METALS; SOILS; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BACKGROUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MEDIAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION; NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVELS; RISK-BASED SCREENING LEVELS; SMELTER;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PARENT MATERIAL; SMELTING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TOPSOIL; TRACE METAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846644495     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/06-114     Document Type: Article

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