Mercury and other metal and metalloid soil contamination near a Pb/Zn smelter in east Hunan province, China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Li, Zhonggen ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a   Bi, Xiangyang ^b   Sun, Guangyi ^c   Zhu, Jianming ^a   Qin, Haibo ^a,d   Wang, Jianxu ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Heilongjiang Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CONTAMINANT METALS; FOREST SOILS; HUNAN PROVINCE , CHINA; PADDY FIELDS; POLLUTION LEVEL; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL METALS; SOIL PROFILES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ECOLOGY; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PADDY FIELD; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; WIND DIRECTION; ZINC;

CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 78751703866     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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