Trace metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urbanized area of Florida

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-435

  Chahal, Maninder K ^a   Toor, Gurpal S ^a   Brown, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Trace metals; Urban residential soil pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AVERAGE VALUES; BASELINE VALUES; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLORIDA; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MEAN VALUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; PETROGENIC; PYROLYTIC SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL SOIL; SOIL METALS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOURCE ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL; URBAN RESIDENTIAL SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZED AREA;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 77953623618     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2010.486048     Document Type: Article

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