Determination and assessment of mercury content in calcareous soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-415

  Gil, C ^a   Ramos Miras, J ^a   Roca Perez L ^b   Boluda, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Background level; Calcareous soils; Geochemical baseline concentrations; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSES; IRRIGATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY AMALGAMS; METALS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; CALCAREOUS SOILS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COPPER; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 75149119203     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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