Mercury distribution in soil profiles polluted by lead smelting

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Ettler, V ^a   Rohovec, J ^b   Navratil T ^b   Mihaljevic M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLY ASH; METALLURGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL POLLUTANT; TREE;

CARBON; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MERCURY; METALLURGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

EID: 35548947645     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9033-x     Document Type: Article

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