Spatial variability of soil heavy metals in the three gorges area: Multivariate and geostatistical analyses

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 63-71

  Wu, Wei ^a   Xie, De Ti ^a   Liu, Hong Bin ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Multivariate; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANALYZED ELEMENTS; AREA-BASED; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION OF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH; GEOSTATISTICS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFLUENCE FACTORS; MULTIVARIATE; PARENT MATERIALS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THREE GORGES AREA; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SILVER; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTATISTICS; GORGE; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPSOIL; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 70349245478     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0515-z     Document Type: Article

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