Potentially harmful elements in rice paddy fields in mercury hot spots in Guizhou, China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Søvik, Marthe Lise ^a   Larssen, Thorjørn ^a,b   Vogt, Rolf D ^b   Wibetoe, Grethe ^b   Feng, Xinbin ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS; CONTAMINATED AREAS; ELEVATED LEVEL; GUIZHOU , CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HEAVY INDUSTRIES; HG MINES; HG POLLUTION; HOT SPOT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; RICE PADDY; STUDY AREAS;

CADMIUM; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TAILINGS; ZINC;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARSENIC; CINNABAR; COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PADDY FIELD; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WANSHAN;

EID: 78751703080     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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