Environmental study for pollution in the area of Megalopolis power plant (Peloponnesos, Greece)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1769-1783

  Sarris, Apostolos ^a   Kokinou, Eleni ^b   Aidona, Eleni ^c   Kallithrakas Kontos, Nikolaos ^d   Koulouridakis, Pavlos ^d   Kakoulaki, Georgia ^a   Droulia, Kassiani ^b   Damianovits, Ourania ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

GIS mapping; Magnetic susceptibility; Megalopolis (Greece); Metals; Power plant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GIS MAPPING; INTERPOLATION ALGORITHMS; LOCAL SOURCE; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; MEGALOPOLIS (GREECE); METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL TOOLS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SOIL; TERRAIN ATTRIBUTES; WIDE AREA; WIND CURRENTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MAPPING; MEASUREMENTS; METALS; POWER PLANTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCADIA [PELOPONNISOS]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEGALOPOLIS; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350228442     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1676-3     Document Type: Article

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