The concept of compositional data analysis in practice - Total major element concentrations in agricultural and grazing land soils of Europe

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 196-210

  Reimann, Clemens ^a   Filzmoser, Peter ^b   Fabian, Karl ^a   Hron, Karel ^c   Birke, Manfred ^d   Demetriades, Alecos ^e   Dinelli, Enrico ^f   Ladenberger, Anna ^g   Albanese, S ^h   Andersson, M ^h   Arnoldussen, A ^h   Baritz, R ^h   Batista, M J ^h   Bel lan, A ^h   Cicchella, D ^h   De Vivo, B ^h   De Vos, W ^h   Duris, M ^h   Dusza Dobek, A ^h   Eggen, O A ^h   Eklund, M ^h   Ernstsen, V ^h   Finne, T E ^h   Flight, D ^h   Forrester, S ^h   Fuchs, M ^h   Fugedi, U ^h   Gilucis, A ^h   Gosar, M ^h   Gregorauskiene, V ^h   Gulan, A ^h   Halamic, J ^h   Haslinger, E ^h   Hayoz, P ^h   Hobiger, G ^h   Hoffmann, R ^h   Hoogewerff, J ^h   Hrvatovic, H ^h   Husnjak, S ^h   Janik, L ^h   Johnson, C C ^h   Jordan, G ^h   Kirby, J ^h   Kivisilla, J ^h   Klos, V ^h   Krone, F ^h   Kwecko, P ^h   Kuti, L ^h   Lima, A ^h   Locutura, J ^h   Lucivjansky, P ^h   Mackovych, D ^h   Malyuk, B I ^h   Maquil, R ^h   McLaughlin, M J ^h   Meuli, R G ^h   Miosic, N ^h   Mol, G ^h   Negrel P ^h   O'Connor, P ^h   Oorts, K ^h   Ottesen R T, ^h   Pasieczna, A ^h   Petersell, V ^h   Pfleiderer, S ^h   Ponavic, M ^h   Prazeres, C ^h   Rauch, U ^h   Salpeteur, ^h   Schedl, A ^h   Scheib, A ^h   Schoeters, I ^h   Sefcik, P ^h   Sellersjo E ^h   Skopljak, F ^h   Slaninka, I ^h   Sorsa A ^h   Srvkota, R ^h   Stafilov, T ^h   Tarvainen, T ^h   Trendavilov, V ^h   Valera, P ^h   Verougstraete, V ^h   Vidojevic, D ^h   Zissimos, A M ^h   Zomeni, Z ^h   more..

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Compositional data; Europe; Geochemistry; Major elements; XRF

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; EUROPE; MAJOR ELEMENTS; XRF;

AGRICULTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; ELEMENT; FERRIC OXIDE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SOIL CHEMISTRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GLACIATION; GRAZING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCANDINAVIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCANDINAVIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84861519032     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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