Mexico City topsoils: Heavy metals vs. magnetic susceptibility

Geoderma

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Morton Bermea, O ^a   Hernandez, E ^a   Martinez Pichardo, E ^a   Soler Arechalde, A M ^a   Santa Cruz, R Lozano ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, G ^a   Beramendi Orosco, L ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Magnetic susceptibility; Megacities; Mexico; Urban topsoils

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; BACKGROUND VALUE; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; FERROMAGNETIC COMPONENT; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INTEGRATED POLLUTION INDICES; MAGNETIC SURVEYS; MEGACITIES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MEXICO; MEXICO CITY; POLLUTED AREA; SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENTS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SOILS; URBAN TOPSOILS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; METALS; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORRELATION; HEAVY METAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; TOPSOIL; URBAN AREA;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67449095192     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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