Linking chemical elements in forest floor humus (Oh-horizon) in the Czech Republic to contamination sources

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1205-1214

  Sucharova, Julie ^a   Suchara, Ivan ^a   Hola, Marie ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Boyd, Rognvald ^b   Filzmoser, Peter ^c   Englmaier, Peter ^d  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Contamination; Forest floor humus; Long range atmospheric transport; Oh horizon

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING; FOREST FLOOR HUMUS; FOREST FLOORS; HUMUS QUALITY; ICP-AES; LIFE SPAN; LIGNITE MINING; LOCAL IMPACTS; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY; NATURAL PROCESS; OH-HORIZON; PLANT MATERIAL; REGIONAL GEOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLE DENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICALS; COAL INDUSTRY; CONTAMINATION; FLOORS; METALLURGY;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; SULFUR; TIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; FOREST FLOOR; HUMUS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERMENTATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; HUMUS; METHODOLOGY; MINING; PH; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79953800393     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.041     Document Type: Article

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