Trace elements in sub-alpine forest soils on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-643

  Wang, Xiaodan ^a   Cheng, Genwei ^a   Zhong, Xianghao ^a   Li, Mai He ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Soil properties; Sub alpine forest soils; Tibetan Plateau; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CATION EXCHANGES; CLAY FRACTIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EASTERN EDGE; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOILS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PARENT MATERIALS; PB CONCENTRATION; PCA ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDIES; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SUB-ALPINE; SUB-ALPINE FOREST SOILS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOTAL IRONS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; IRON ANALYSIS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SELENIUM; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST SOIL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70350637494     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1538-z     Document Type: Article

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