Arsenic in tree rings at a highly contaminated site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 324-334

  Cheng, Zhongqi ^a   Buckley, Brendan M ^a   Katz, Beth ^a   Wright, William ^a   Bailey, Richard ^b   Smith, Kevin T ^c   Li, Jingbo ^a   Curtis, Ashley ^a   Geen, Alexander van ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Sevensons Environmental Services   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dendrochemistry; Radial profile; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FORESTRY; SOILS;

DENDROCHEMISTRY; RADIAL PROFILE; TREE RING;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BARK; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECIDUOUS TREE; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; BARK; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTAMINATED PLANT; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OAK; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PINE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES; TREE; WOOD;

ARSENIC; CARYA; HAZARDOUS WASTE; JUNIPERUS; NEW JERSEY; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; WOOD;

ARSENIC; BARK; GROWTH RINGS; SOIL; TREES;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VINELAND;

EID: 33947136241     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.074     Document Type: Article

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