Two and three-dimensional quantification of lead contamination in alluvial soils of a historic mining area using field portable X-ray fluorescence (FPXRF) analysis

Geomorphology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-36

  Hürkamp, Kerstin ^a   Raab, Thomas ^b   Völkel, Jörg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial soils; Field methods; Floodplain sedimentation; Geomorphology; Lead; Mining

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEAD; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; VILS RIVER;

EID: 67650554534     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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