Calculating Pollution Indices by Heavy Metals in Ecological Geochemistry Assessment and a Case Study in Parks of Beijing

Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-241

  Qingjie, Gong ^a   Jun, Deng ^a   Yunchuan, Xiang ^a,b   Qingfei, Wang ^a,b   Liqiang, Yang ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

EGAPI software; heavy metals; parks of Beijing; pollution indiex; soil assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOFTWARE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 46849096027     PISSN: 10020705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0705(08)60042-4     Document Type: Article

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