Combining geostatistics with moran's i analysis for mapping soil heavy metals in Beijing, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 995-1017

  Huo, Xiao Ni ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a   Sun, Dan Feng ^c   Zhou, Lian Di ^a   Li, Bao Guo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Moran's i analysis

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOSTATISTICS; HEAVY METAL; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84859041835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9030995     Document Type: Article

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