The effects of the Qinghai-Tibet railway on heavy metals enrichment in soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 439, Issue , 2012, Pages 240-248

  Zhang, Hua ^a,b   Wang, Zhaofeng ^a   Zhang, Yili ^a   Hu, Zhongjun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Railway; Soil pollution; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; ALKALINE SOILS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL PEOPLE; METAL ENRICHMENT; QINGHAI TIBET RAILWAY; RAILWAY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SAMPLING SITE; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOPSOIL SAMPLES; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; VEGETATION TYPE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; RAILROADS; SOILS; VANADIUM; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ALKALINITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; RAILROADS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867352272     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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