The influence of weathering and organic matter on heavy metals lability in silicatic, Alpine soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 931-946

  Egli, Markus ^a   Sartori, Giacomo ^b   Mirabella, Aldo ^c   Giaccai, Daniele ^c   Favilli, Filippo ^a   Scherrer, Daniel ^d   Krebs, Rolf ^d   Delbos, Evelyne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine soils density fractions; Climate; Heavy metals; Labile OM; Soil organic matter; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DENSITY FRACTIONS; LABILE OM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; FACINGS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAVY WATER; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; SOILS; WEATHERING; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; EDETIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHENOL; ZINC;

CARBON; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL; MINERALIZATION; MOBILITY; NITROGEN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; WEATHERING;

CHELATING AGENTS; ECOSYSTEM; EDETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WEATHER;

EID: 72149113853     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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