Spatial distributions and potential risk analysis of total soil selenium in Guangdong province, China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 780-787

  Zhang, H H ^a,b,c   Wu, Z F ^a,c   Yang, C L ^a   Xia, B ^b   Xu, D R ^b   Yuan, H X ^a  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EROSION; SELENIUM; SOIL SURVEYS;

SANDSHALE AREAS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RISK ANALYSIS;

LIMESTONE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRANITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

CHINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SOIL;

EID: 43749106722     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0154     Document Type: Article

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