A review of geochemical background concepts and an example using data from Poland

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 861-870

  Gałuszka, Agnieszka ^a  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Definitions; Forest ecosystems; Geochemical background; Integrated assessment; Methods

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 34247515379     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0528-2     Document Type: Article

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