Trace metal assessment in soils in a small city and its rural surroundings, Pensacola, FL, USA

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1781-1793

  Liebens, Johan ^a   Mohrherr, Carl J ^a   Rao, K Ranga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical background; GIS; Pollution index; Soil geography; Soils; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; GEOGENIC; GIS ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL PARTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; POLLUTED SITES; POLLUTION INDEX; POLLUTION LOADS; SOIL GEOGRAPHY; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE SOIL; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; TRACE METAL POLLUTION; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; LAND USE; LEAD; RURAL AREAS; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHROMIUM; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GIS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; URBAN AREA;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857650426     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1158-x     Document Type: Article

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