Distribution and geochemical baselines of major, minor and trace elements in tropical topsoils of the Terengganu River basin, Malaysia

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 57-68

  Sultan, Khawar ^a   Shazili, Noor Azhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environment; Geochemical baseline; Malaysia; Metals; Surface soils; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL BASELINE; MALAYSIA; SURFACE SOILS; TROPICAL;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; GRANITE; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; QUARTZ; RIVERS; ROCKS; SCANDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SOILS; STRONTIUM; TANTALUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; TRACE ANALYSIS; TROPICS; TUNGSTATE MINERALS; WATERSHEDS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACIDITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SANDY LOAM; SCHEELITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TEXTURE; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPICAL SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 70349759329     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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