Mapping aerial metal deposition in metropolitan areas from tree bark: A case study in Sheffield, England

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-173

  Schelle, E ^a   Rawlins, B G ^b   Lark, R M ^c   Webster, R ^c   Staton, I ^a   McLeod, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Geostatistics; Multi element analysis; Nickel; REML; Universal kriging

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; IRON; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; URBAN PLANNING;

CASE STUDIES; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENGLAND; LOGNORMAL; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DEPOSITIONS; METALS ACCUMULATED; METROPOLITAN AREAS; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; RESIDUAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (REML); SHEFFIELD (CO); STEEL WORKS; TREE BARK; TREE SPECIES; UNIVERSAL KRIGING;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COAL; METAL; NICKEL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COAL; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NICKEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FIRE; KRIGING; MINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CITIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; PLANT BARK; STEEL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46049104250     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.036     Document Type: Article

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