Discrimination of lithogenic and anthropogenic sources of metals and sulphur in soils of the central-northern part of the Zambian Copperbelt Mining District: A topsoil vs. subsurface soil concept

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 69-86

  Kříbek, Bohdan ^a   Majer, Vladimír ^a   Veselovský, František ^a   Nyambe, Imasiku ^b  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Copperbelt; Heavy metals; Smelters; Soil contamination; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CO CONTENT; CONCENTRATION OF; COPPERBELT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR SCORES; LARGE PARTS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MINERAL PROCESSING; MINING DISTRICT; MINING OPERATIONS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; ORE TREATMENT PLANT; PREVAILING WINDS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL PROFILES; SUBSURFACE SOIL; TAILINGS DAM; TOTAL SULPHUR; TOTAL VARIANCE;

CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; DAMS; DATA HANDLING; DATA STRUCTURES; DUST; FALLOUT; FLOTATION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; SLAGS; SMELTING; SOILS; SULFUR; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEDROCK; COBALT; COPPER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FALLOUT; HEAVY METAL; MINERAL PROCESSING; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SULFUR; TOPSOIL;

EID: 77249164499     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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