Factor analysis of soil and attic-dust to separate mining and metallurgy influence, meza valley, Slovenia

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-747

  Sajn, Robert ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Meza valley; Pollution; Slovenia; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINING; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DUST; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; METALLURGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947598448     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-006-9039-7     Document Type: Article

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