Baseline values for heavy metals in agricultural soils in an European Mediterranean region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Micó, Carolina ^a   Peris, Mónica ^a   Recatalá, Luis ^a   Sánchez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Alicante; Contamination; Soil quality standards; Spain

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; SOILS; SPAIN;

ALICANTE; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL QUALITY STANDARDS;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PRASTERONE; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; HEAVY METAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34147180014     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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