Geostatistical simulation for the assessment of regional soil pollution

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-135

  Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a   Meklit, Tariku ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL;

EID: 77953146699     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2010.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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