A rapid field procedure for screening trace elements in polluted soil using portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF)

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Peinado, F Martín ^a   Ruano, S Morales ^a,b   González, M G Bagur ^a   Molina, C Estepa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Polluted soils; Portable X ray fluorescence; Screening

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND VALUE; CONTAMINATED AREAS; ELEMENTS IN SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD PROCEDURES; IN-SITU; MINING AREAS; POLLUTED SOILS; PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL TREATMENT; WIND EROSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LEAD; RISK PERCEPTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS; ZINC;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABANDONED MINE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAD; MOBILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; RODALQUILAR; SPAIN;

EID: 77956874606     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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