Mercury in United Kingdom topsoils; Concentrations, pools, and Critical Limit exceedances

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3721-3729

  Tipping, E ^a   Poskitt, J M ^a   Lawlor, A J ^a   Wadsworth, R A ^a   Norris, D A ^a   Hall, J R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical Limits; Mercury; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CRITICAL LIMIT; ENGLAND; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL SOILS; ORGANIC-RICH SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOXIC EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION; LAKES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TOXICITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOPSOIL; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL LIMIT; ECOTOXICITY; RURAL AREA; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STANDARD; SURFACE SOIL; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053625919     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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