Magnetic screening and heavy metal pollution studies in soils from Marambio Station, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-393

  Chaparro, Marcos A E ^a   Nuñez, Héctor ^b   Lirio, Juan M ^b   Gogorza, Claudia S G ^a   Sinito, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Contamination assessment; Magnetic mapping; Magnetic parameters; Magnetite; Pollutants; Seymour Island

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LEAD; MAGNETITE; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARAMBIO STATION; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34548098941     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000454     Document Type: Article

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