Linking Ni and Cr concentrations to soil mineralogy: Does it help to assess metal contamination when the natural background is high?

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1475-1486

  Bonifacio, Eleonora ^a   Falsone, Gloria ^a   Piazza, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine areas; Heavy metals; Soil development; Ultramafic rocks; Uncontaminated soils

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NICKEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERPENTINITE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; WATERSHED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78649509154     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0244-0     Document Type: Article

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