Pollution of montane soil with Cu, Zn, As, Sb, Pb, and nitrate in Kanto, Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1932-1942

  Takamatsu, Takejiro ^a,b   Watanabe, Mirai ^b   Koshikawa, Masami K ^b   Murata, Tomoyoshi ^b   Yamamura, Shigeki ^b   Hayashi, Seiji ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Anthropogenic elements; Cryptomeria japonica; Cumulative input of NO3 ; Enrichment ratios; Forest pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ELEMENTS; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUMULATIVE INPUT OF NO3-; ENRICHMENT RATIO; ENRICHMENT RATIOS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LEAD; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; COPPER; LEAD; RAIN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENRICHMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; LEAD; MONTANE FOREST; NITRATE; SOIL POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESULFURIZATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; ARSENIC; CITIES; CRYPTOMERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 77349103180     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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