The spatial distribution of trace elements in topsoil from the northern slope of Qomolangma (Everest) in China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 679-684

  Zhang, Y L ^a,b   Wang, Z F ^a,c   Luo, K L ^a   Ding, M J ^a,c   Zhang, W ^a,c   Lin, X D ^b,c   Yang, X C ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic granite gneiss and migmatite interbeded with marble; Qomolangma (Everest); Soil trace elements; The Lower Cambrian black slate and marl

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMIUM; GRANITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MARBLE; ROCKS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOM EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MIGMATITE; NEOPROTEROZOIC GRANITE; SOIL TRACE ELEMENTS;

SOILS;

ALTITUDE; CAMBRIAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GNEISS; GRANITE; MARBLE; MARL; PROTEROZOIC; SLATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; MOUNT EVEREST; RONGBUK VALLEY; XIZANG;

EID: 34247599333     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0503-y     Document Type: Article

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