Levels of arsenic and heavy metals in the rural soils of Beijing and their changes over the last two decades (1985-2008)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 860-868

  Wu, Shan ^a   Xia, Xinghui ^a   Lin, Chunye ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Zhou, Chuanhui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Heavy metals; Rural soil; Soil quality assessment; Temporal tendency

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; PARENT MATERIALS; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL-SOIL; SUBSURFACE SOIL; SURFACE SOIL; TOP SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; ZINC;

SOILS;

ARSENIC; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL QUALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACE SOIL;

ARSENIC; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77952890251     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.084     Document Type: Article

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