Urban geochemical mapping in the Campania region (Italy)

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-29

  Cicchella, D ^a   De Vivo, B ^b   Lima, A ^b   Albanese, S ^b   Fedele, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background concentration; Environmental pollution; Geochemical mapping; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; MAPPING; MAPS; SOILS;

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATED AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; URBAN SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; MAPPING; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; URBAN AREA;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39549116492     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/07-147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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