Road-deposited sediment, soil and precipitation (RDS) in Bratislava, Slovakia: Compositional and spatial assessment of contamination

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 304-316

  Krčmová, Katrina ^a   Robertson, Davina ^b   Cvečková, Veronika ^a   Rapant, Stanislav ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bratislava; Geochemistry; Precipitation; Road sediment; Soil; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DUST; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SNOW; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 77953287194     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0097-6     Document Type: Article

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