Roadside accumulation of heavy metals in soils in Franklin County, Massachusetts, and surrounding towns

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1087-1104

  Woodard, Trevor L ^a   Amarasiriwardena, Dulasiri ^b   Shrout, Kristen ^b   Xing, Baoshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Franklin County; Lead; Massachusetts; Soils; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; PH; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL REMEDIATION; TOXICITY;

FRANKLIN COUNTY [MASSACHUSETTS]; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247210276     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701280308     Document Type: Article

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