Determination of uranium and thorium in soil and plant parts around abandoned lead-zinc-copper mining area

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2568-2583

  Sasmaz, Ahmet ^a   Yaman, Mehmet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Hyperaccumulator; Plant and soil contamination; Thorium; Uptake of toxic metals; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; HYPERACCUMULATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; MINING; PHYTOTOXICITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZINC;

ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER; EUPHORBIA; VERBASCUM;

EID: 53849127519     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620802358599     Document Type: Article

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