Distribution and sources of mercury in soils from former industrialized urban areas of Beijing, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 507-517

  Luo, Wei ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Tong, Xiaojuan ^b   Wang, Guang ^a   Shi, Yajuan ^a   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Giesy, John P ^c,d,e,f  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contamination; Hg; Metal; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND VALUE; BEIJING , CHINA; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; COMBUSTION OF COAL; CONCENTRATION OF; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRY WEIGHT; HG; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; INDUSTRIAL SOILS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL POLLUTION; PROFILE CONCENTRATION; SURFACE SOIL; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL SULFUR; URBAN AREAS;

COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; SULFUR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MERCURY; NITROGEN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 72349095827     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0600-3     Document Type: Article

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