Factors controlling the spatial variability of mercury distribution in Spanish topsoil

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-42

  Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez ^a   De La Cueva, Antonio Vazquez ^a   Corbí, José Manuel Grau ^a   Alonso, Celia Martínez ^a   Arias, Manuel López ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro basin; Geostatistic; Heavy metal; Scales of variability; Sources of pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BED-ROCKS; EBRO BASIN; FACTORS CONTROLLING; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; GEOSTATISTIC; GEOSTATISTICAL METHODS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LAND MASSES; LOCAL SCALES; MERCURY DISTRIBUTIONS; MERCURY LOADS; ORGANIC MATTERS; REGIONAL SCALES; SCALES OF VARIABILITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SOURCES OF POLLUTION; SPANISHS; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 58149164850     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802545324     Document Type: Article

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