Effects of forest slash and burn on the distribution of trace elements in floodplain sediments and mountain soils of the Subandean Amazon, Peru

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1097-1106

  Lindell, L ^a   Astrom M E ^a   Sarenbo, S ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; AMAZON BASIN; BASIN AREA; COFFEE PLANTATION; COMBUSTION RESIDUES; DIRECT MECHANISM; DISTURBED SOIL; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOOD-PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IN-SITU; INCEPTISOLS; LARGE PARTS; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; METAL ENRICHMENT; METAL LEACHING; MOUNTAIN SOILS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL FORESTS; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER BASINS; SECONDARY FORESTS; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS; TOXIC METALS; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CADMIUM; CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITS; LEACHING; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

IN SITU COMBUSTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CADMIUM; DEFORESTATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; EXPLOITATION; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TOXIC MATERIAL; UPLAND REGION;

AGRICULTURE; CADMIUM; CHEMICALS; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITS; LEACHING; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 77954541453     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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