Enrichment of heavy metals in sediment resulting from soil erosion on agricultural fields

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3495-3500

  Quinton, John N ^a   Catt, John A ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON CONTENT; HYDROGRAPHS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION DETECTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROCHEMICAL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; HYDROGRAPH; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL EROSION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE; WATER POLLUTION; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34250842729     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062147h     Document Type: Article

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