Pedo and biogeochemical studies of mafic and ultramfic rocks in the Mingora and Kabal areas, Swat, Pakistan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1091-1102

  Shah, Mohammad Tahir ^a   Begum, Shaheen ^b   Khan, Sardar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Heavy metals; Mafic ultramafic rocks; Plants; Soils

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; CANNABIS SATIVA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; PAKISTAN; PLANTS; SACCHARUM; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY AREAS;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; HEMP; LEAD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SOIL SURVEYS; ZINC;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; GRASS; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MINERAL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLUTONIC ROCK; SOIL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

PAKISTAN;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 77954056399     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0253-8     Document Type: Article

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