Environmental geochemical research for the levels and the sources of toxic metals in the agricultural soils of dimitraeleftherion and platycampos region, Thessaly, Greece

Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-18

  Skordas, K ^a   Alexakis, D ^c   Kelepertsis, E ^c   Kelepertsis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; Metals; Principal component analysis; Soil contamination; Spatial interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

EID: 33847763217     PISSN: 09720626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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