Determination of anthropogenic boundary depth in industrially polluted soil and semi-quantification of heavy metal loads using magnetic susceptibility

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-289

  Blaha, U ^a   Appel, E ^a   Stanjek, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary depth; Contamination; Heavy metals; Magnetic susceptibility; Pollution; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAVY METALS; AUSTRIA; BOUNDARY DEPTH; FOREST SOILS; MAGNETIC DATUMS; MASTER CURVES; NATURAL SOILS; POLLUTED SOILS; PROCESSING SCHEMES; SOIL CORES; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEEL MILLS; TEST SITES; VARIATIONS OF;

DATA PROCESSING; HEAVY METALS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; METALS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HEAVY METAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEOBEN; STYRIA;

HEAVY METAL; STEEL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; MAGNETICS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STEEL;

EID: 58149150059     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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