Assessment of As and Cd contamination in topsoils of Northern Ghorveh (Western Iran): Role of parent material, land use and soil properties

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1203-1213

  Karimi Nezhad, Mohammad Tahsin ^a   Ghahroudi Tali, Manijeh ^b   Hashemi Mahmoudi, Mohammad ^c   Pazira, Ebrahim ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contamination index; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Soil contamination; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANALYZED ELEMENTS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CD CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATION INDEX; DRY FARMING; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; GRAIN SIZE; PARENT MATERIALS; POLLUTION INDEX; ROCK TYPES; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARSENIC; BEDROCK; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; ION EXCHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; ORCHARD; ORGANIC MATTER; PARENT MATERIAL; RANGELAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

IRAN;

EID: 80053954507     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0935-x     Document Type: Article

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