Geochemical Characteristics of Lithuanian Urban Areas

Mapping the Chemical Environment of Urban Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 393-409

  Gregorauskiene, Virgilija ^a,b   Taraškevičius, Ričardas ^c   Kadunas, Valentinas ^c   Radzevičius, Alfredas ^c   Zinkute, Rimante ^c  

^a Lithuanian Geological Survey   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS); Atomic optical emission spectrophotometry (AOES); Geochemical Characteristics of Lithuanian Urban Areas; History of geochemical investigations; Institute of Geology (IG); Institute of Geology and Geography (IGG); Lithuanian Geological Survey (LGS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054061420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470670071.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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