Increasing the knowledge of heavy metal contents and sources in agricultural soils of the European Mediterranean region

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 25-37

  Peris, M ^a   Recatala L ^a   Mico C ^a   Sanchez R ^a   Sanchez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural soils; European Mediterranean region; Heavy metal origin; Multivariate analysis; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (AAS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; LIMIT SETS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROWAVE EXTRACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (MVA); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SURFACE HORIZONS; VEGETABLE CROPS;

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROP; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 45849095119     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9631-1     Document Type: Article

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