Background levels of potentially toxic elements in soils: A case study in Catamarca (a semiarid region in Argentina)

Catena

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-66

  Roca, Núria ^a,b   Pazos, Mabel Susana ^b   Bech, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Background concentrations; Heavy metals; Soil contamination; Soil profiles

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARENT MATERIAL; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; CATAMARCA;

EID: 84455178943     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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