Source identification of soil Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd from anthropogenic activities by decision tree analysis in fuyang county, China

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1390-1398

  Qiu, Lefeng ^a   Gan, Muye ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Deng, Jinsong ^a   Hong, Yang ^b   Xu, Junfeng ^c   Zhu, Weiping ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision tree analysis; Heavy metals; Industrial emission; Source identification

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARABLE LAND; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; ZINC;

CHINA; FUYANG; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84863571442     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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