Factors controlling the heterogeneous distribution of Cr(VI) in soil, plants and groundwater: Evidence from the Assopos basin, Greece

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Economou Eliopoulos, Maria ^a   Megremi, Ifigenia ^a   Vasilatos, Charalampos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assopos; Contamination; Greece; Groundwater; Hexavalent chromium; Plants; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMIUM; GOETHITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMMOBILIZATION; PLANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REDUCTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SILICATE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSLOCATION;

GREECE;

EID: 79953775722     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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