Heavy metals pollution in the soil of an irregular urban settlement built on a former dumpsite in the city of Tijuana, Mexico

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1239-1245

  Nava Martínez, Eustorgio C ^a   Flores García, Enrique ^a   Espinoza Gomez, Heriberto ^a   Wakida, Fernando T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dumpsite; Garbage burning; Municipal solid waste; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

CLASS 1; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUMPSITE; HEAVY METALS POLLUTION; INDEX VALUES; ME-XICO; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; OPEN BURNING; PB AND CU; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SOIL SAMPLE; TIJUANA; TWO-COMPONENT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOIL POLLUTION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORROSION; HEAVY METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TIJUANA;

EID: 84861769138     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1335-y     Document Type: Article

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