Mercury distribution in soils and plants surrounding an industrial area in the South of Italy

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 79-92

  Santoro, Anna ^a   Terzano, Roberto ^a   Spagnuolo, Matteo ^a   Fiore, Saverio ^b   Morgana, Massimo ^c   Ruggiero, Pacifico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlor alkali plant; Mercury; Plant pollution; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS;

CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL SITES; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; PLANT SAMPLES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 72549116625     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2010.029690     Document Type: Article

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