Mercury accumulation in the surface layers of mountain soils: A case study from the Karkonosze Mountains, Poland

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1507-1512

  Szopka, Katarzyna ^a   Karczewska, Anna ^a   Kabała, Cezary ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Karkonosze; Mercury; Mountain soils; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONSERVATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDINAL ZONES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; KARKONOSZE; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN SOILS; PROTECTED AREAS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

ACCUMULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LITTER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONITORING SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE LAYER;

ARTICLE; MONITORING; POLAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; POLAND; SUDETES;

EID: 79955712243     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.049     Document Type: Article

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