Defining the geochemical baseline: A case of Hong Kong soils

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 843-851

  Zhang, H B ^a,b   Luo, Y M ^a,b   Wong, M H ^a   Zhao, Q G ^a,b   Zhang, G L ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemical baseline; Normalization procedure; Soil; Trace element

Indexed keywords

IRON; MINERALOGY; ROCKS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMICAL BASELINE; NORMALIZATION PROCEDURES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 34247402214     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0526-4     Document Type: Article

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