National-scale estimation of potentially harmful element ambient background concentrations in topsoil using parent material classified soil:stream-sediment relationships

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2596-2611

  Appleton, J D ^a   Rawlins, B G ^a   Thornton, I ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GARNETS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NONMETALS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

DATA COVER; ENGLAND; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MINERAL SOILS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; OPTIMUM NUMBER; PARENT MATERIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SCALE ESTIMATION; STREAM SEDIMENTS;

SOILS;

ARSENIC; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; PARENT MATERIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); TOPSOIL; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50549099454     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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