Trace elements in Ontario soils - Mobility, concentration profiles, and evidence of non-point-source pollution

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-499

  Sheppard, S C ^a   Grant, C A ^b   Drury, C F ^b  

^a ECOMATTERS INC   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Kd; Leaching; Metals; Partition coefficient

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEACHING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; TRACE ELEMENT; YTTRIUM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 68949162985     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss08033     Document Type: Article

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